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Post by kas on Jan 25, 2011 14:56:22 GMT -5
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Post by kas on Feb 16, 2011 9:28:54 GMT -5
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Post by kas on Feb 21, 2011 0:35:01 GMT -5
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Post by kas on Feb 24, 2011 21:56:28 GMT -5
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Post by kas on Apr 8, 2011 6:34:15 GMT -5
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Post by kas on Aug 26, 2011 10:54:06 GMT -5
A British Pilot Crashes – Scammers Are Using Facebook To Spread Rumors And Make Profitwww.pc1news.com/news/3411/trojan-koobface.htmlA scam message on Facebook deceives people into thinking they will see a video of the death of the famous British Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging. Once again hackers are exploiting people`s sorrow and turning it into a way of making money. The tragedy of the pilot, who was killed during the RAF Red Arrows display this weekend, gripped the attention of people as well as cyber criminals. The latter used the social network to spread scam messages and thus mislead people into thinking they will see the crash of the airplane. More than 170,000 people have joined a group on Facebook in memory of the famous British pilot. Fans were touched by the sad news about the accident and paid their tribute to Jon Egging. Despite the grief of people, hackers decided that this mournful event can be used to make profit. A scam page was created on Facebook. It attracted people who wanted to know more about the tragic catastrophe and promised to show them a video of the incident. However, even if it looks as if you are about to see a You Tube video of the fatal crash of the pilot at the air show, the truth is that this is a clickjacking scam and it was developed with the only intention of tricking the users. Once you click on the video, a process will start and it will be said that you like this page. Not only that, but this will be also shared with your Facebook friends. If the victim is running addons such as NoScript, he will see a message that warns you about the attack. At the nd, you will be redirected to some online survey. It gains money for the hackers. The real aim of this fake video is to spread the link to as many friends as possible and thus make the online survey available to as many people as possible. To stop the endless process of spreading the scam link, make sure that you remove the latest news entries. Thus you will ensure that your friends will not become victims of the same fraud.
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Post by kas on Aug 26, 2011 10:57:33 GMT -5
Beware New Facebook Scam Promising ‘Breaking Dawn’ Ticketstwilightersanonymous.com/beware-new-facebook-scam-promising-breaking-dawn-tickets.htmlTeam Jacob or Team Edward? If you've got an answer, then you're a perfect target for a new "Twilight"-themed Facebook scam currently spreading around the massive, and massively exploitable, social network. Detected by researchers from the security firm Trend Micro, this new scam promises free tickets to see "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2." Sounds great, right? Who wouldn't want free tickets to a wildly anticipated movie? There are two catches to this otherwise great offer. The first, of course, is that "Breaking Dawn, Part 2" isn't scheduled to hit big screens until Nov. 12, 2012, well after the Nov. 18, 2011 release of "Part 1." If that doesn’t raise a red flag, and you find yourself driven uncontrollably — like, say a vampire — to score these free movie tickets and see how the passionate relationship between Bella, Edward and Jacob ends — well, you're out of luck. Like past movie ticket scams that have preyed on Harry Potter fans, following this scam's directions will redirect victims to a malicious survey that, once filled out, requests their phone number. "As past scams have demonstrated, giving one's phone number during one of these scams is a very bad idea and could result [in] the user being subscribed to premium-rate services," the tech blog Softpedia wrote. today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44207319/ns/today-today_tech/t/facebook-scam-offers-tickets-new-twilight-film/
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Post by kas on Aug 26, 2011 10:58:47 GMT -5
Experts warn of costly Facebook scamwww.joe.ie/business-money/money-jobs-news/experts-warn-of-costly-facebook-scam-0015206-1Irish people have been warned about scammers targeting holidaymakers and their Facebook friends. Scammers, burglars and crooks have used Facebook in the past to find out who is on holidays, thus, who has left their house unattended. But, after most people copped on and refrained from posting comments declaring their absence from their gaffs, the scammers lost an income. Now they have another. Scammers are now targeting friends of those who are on holidays, using the destination as a way to gain the trust of helpless victims according to Urban Schrott, ESET Ireland’s crime analyst. "Say someone posted on his Facebook profile that they're looking forward to their holiday in Lanzarote. Well, cybercriminals often check for such info on visible Facebook accounts and then they can easily fake an email seemingly from them and target some of their friends saying something like 'I was mugged in Lanzarote, please send me E500 to sort things out and get home,' with a request to transfer funds through untraceable Western Union," said Schrott. “Scams like this appear credible, and are occurring all the time. With the location of the holiday made known, many people fall for it and send 'friend in distress' money, then are shocked to find the friend was never mugged and knows nothing about it," he warned. A friend in need is a friend indeed, but if they’ve emailed you looking for money, best to give them a ring first or at the very least, check with their hotel. You wouldn't want to be €500 out of pocket and scorning your best friend for traveling in the first place now would you?
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Post by kas on Aug 26, 2011 11:04:12 GMT -5
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Post by kas on Aug 26, 2011 13:36:15 GMT -5
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Post by kas on Aug 26, 2011 13:37:47 GMT -5
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Post by kas on Aug 26, 2011 13:39:36 GMT -5
Active Facebook Scams - August 23, 2011facecrooks.com/Safety-Center/Scam-Watch/Active-Facebook-Scams-August-23-2011.html- Red Arrow crashes during air show Video
- Get A Free $100 Pizzahut Gift Card!
- Get A Free Dell XPS M1530!
- Wow, I can't believe how I'll look in 20 years - It's fun and a little shocking... you can see how Justin Beiber, Kanye West, and other stars will look too. AGE yourself! See what you will look like in 20 years!!
- Crazy Girl Video - Facebook Scams
- Get A Free Tickets to Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2!
- [Phishing Alert] Bogus Alert from Facebook Security
Read more at that link.
- Look what happens when this man confronts a London rioter
- WOW I cant believe that you can see who is viewing your profile!I just saw my top 10 profile VIEWERS and I am SHOCKED from who is viewing my profile
- OMG! A Spider under the skin!
- Fake Facebook Page Events offering Free Merchandise
- REALLY Stupid Girl
- WTF - What are you doing in this Video?? (There is always some variant of this scam active on Facebook!)
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Post by kas on Aug 26, 2011 13:45:19 GMT -5
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Post by kas on Aug 26, 2011 13:46:36 GMT -5
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Post by kas on Feb 27, 2012 16:46:56 GMT -5
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