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Scam Signature Message: Email message subject line: “Facebook Survey Invite” Scam Type: Survey Scam, Rogue Application Trending: January 2011 Why it’s a Scam: If you “Click here to take the survey & receive your gift,” you are taken to the following screen: If you enter your email and click “Continue,” you are taken to the…

Scam Signature Message: 310 FV Free Cash 2011 Bonus [Zynga Official] Scam Type: Survey Scam, Rogue Application Trending: January 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Once you click on the Wall Post link, you are taken to the following page: If you click “Continue” to accept the 310 Farm Cash, you are taken to the following…

Scam Signature Message: omg holy crap , i spent [random number] hours on Facebook last year Check out yours @ tiny.cc Scam Type: Survey Scam – Rogue Application Trending: January 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Once you click on the Wall Post link, you are taken to the following page and asked to install the…

Scam Signature Message: Report final Warning!!!Your account has not been registered until now… If you click on the link, you are taken to the following page: Scam Type: Phishing Trending: January 2011 Why it’s a Scam: The title of this web page is, “registration center on facebook.” The user is asked to confirm his/her Facebook…

Scam Signature Message: WOW. JUSTIN BIEBER DIED TODAY (DATE) HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN EUROPE LITERALLY JUST 30 MINUTES AGO! Scam Type: Survey Scam – Rogue Application Trending: January 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Once you click on the Wall Post link, you are taken to the following page and asked to…

Scam Signature Message: Official Announcement – Account verification – All accounts will shut down starting today. If you want your account alive, please verify it. Scam Type: Survey Scam – Rogue Application Trending: January 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Once you click on the Wall Post link, you are taken to the following page and…

Facebook recently implemented a new security feature that allows users to browse Facebook with a SSL encrypted connection. Before this feature was installed, only the Facebook login was encrypted. This new feature will help secure users from extensions like FireSheep, provide better security on wifi networks, and help protect against cyber attacks. Anything that can…

Under the dictatorial rule of Hosni Mubarak since 1981, Egypt has been plagued with political uprisings mostly due to a struggling economy since the 1990’s. The Population rate is steadily rising, with a yearly increase of 2% on top of an already burgeoning 80 million people. 40% of the Egyptian population lives below poverty level…

Scam Signature Message: Facebook Sponsored Weight Loss Product! If you see this on a friend’s News Feed or if it is posted directly to your wall, then there is a good possibility that your friend has been hacked. We have seen this posting several times and there is most always a disclaimer from the Facebook…

The following message has been floating around Facebook and being shared among users: “As of today, the New FB Privacy setting called “Instant Personalization” goes into effect. The new setting shares your data with non-Facebook websites & it is automatically set to “Enabled”. Go to Account>Privacy Settings>Apps & Websites>Instant Personalization>edit settings & uncheck “Enable”. BTW,…

Signature Message(s): Facebook Service. Personal data has been changed! ID[random number] or Facebook Office. Your login details changed! ID[random number] Scam Type: Trojan – Malicious Code Trending: January 2011 Details of the Attacks: Graham Cluley, of Sophos, has issued a warning this morning about an malicious email from “Facebook Service.” Cluley states that the email…