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[SCAM ALERT] Two Free Spring Break Tickets – Southwest Airlines

[SCAM ALERT] Two Free Spring Break Tickets – Southwest Airlines

Scam Signature Message: Two Free Spring Break Tickets – Southwest Airlines Scam Type: Survey Scam – Rogue Application – Fake Facebook Event Trending: January 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Once you click on the Wall Post link, you are taken to the following page: This page requires you to access this site with your Facebook…

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[SCAM ALERT] Email subject line – Facebook Survey Invite

[SCAM ALERT] Email subject line – Facebook Survey Invite

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…

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[SCAM ALERT] 310 FV Free Cash 2011 Bonus [Zynga Official]

[SCAM ALERT] 310 FV Free Cash 2011 Bonus [Zynga Official]

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…

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[SCAM ALERT] omg holy crap , i spent [random number] hours on Facebook last year   Check out yours @ tiny.cc

[SCAM ALERT] omg holy crap , i spent [random number] hours on Facebook last year Check out yours @ tiny.cc

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…

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[SCAM ALERT] Registration Center on Facebook

[SCAM ALERT] Registration Center on Facebook

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…

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[SCAM ALERT] WOW. JUSTIN BIEBER DIED TODAY (DATE) HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN EUROPE LITERALLY JUST 30 MINUTES AGO!

[SCAM ALERT] WOW. JUSTIN BIEBER DIED TODAY (DATE) HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN EUROPE LITERALLY JUST 30 MINUTES AGO!

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…

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[SCAM ALERT] Official Announcement – Account verification – All accounts will shut down starting today.

[SCAM ALERT] Official Announcement – Account verification – All accounts will shut down starting today.

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…

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[SCAM ALERT] Facebook Sponsored Weight Loss Product!

[SCAM ALERT] Facebook Sponsored Weight Loss Product!

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…

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[HOAX ALERT] Instant Personalization

[HOAX ALERT] Instant Personalization

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,…

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[WARNING] Facebook Service. Personal data has been changed! ID[random number]

[WARNING] Facebook Service. Personal data has been changed! ID[random number]

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…

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