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Find your Profile Blockers with new Trick – Facebook Scam

Scam Signature Message: Find your Profile Blockers with new Trick Scam Type: Malware, Profile Peeker, Fake Event Trending: July 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the wall post link takes you to the following bogus Facebook Event: Here the scammers want you to copy and paste code directly into your address bar. Never, ever copy…

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Your Facebook Account Settings are fine – only the design has changed

If you haven’t logged into your Facebook Account settings lately, you might want to do so. Your settings are fine, the only thing different is nicer, cleaner interface: From this one screen you can access all of your account settings just by clicking the links on the left column. There is a direct link to…

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[Full Facebook Name] is in the leading role. Shoking performance! – Malware Alert

Scam Signature Message: [Full Facebook Name] is in the leading role. Shoking performance! Scam Type: Malware Trending: July 2011 Why it’s a Scam: BitDefender discovered a new social engineering attack on Facebook this week. Facebook users are tricked into believing a YouTube video of them has been posted online. The ruse is particularly convincing because…

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Facebook Addresses Facial Recognition Privacy Issues – Runs Ads to Educate Users

If there’s one word that describes Facebook’s attitude towards its users, it’s ‘sneaky’. They introduce updates without notice, and users often have to opt out if they don’t like a certain feature. But by then it’s usually too late, because Facebook has already gotten its much coveted data. Out of all their ‘sneaky updates’, however,…

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Facebook Video Glitch Compromises User Privacy

Before anything else, here’s a little warning: this whole issue really is not as bad as it sounds. It’s a small glitch that was fixed within a week and wasn’t really all that serious. TechCrunch sent Cnet a tip about a privacy glitch that happened in Facebook concerning private videos. For a few days, thumbnails,…

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Hacker Steals Naked Photos of Women and Uploads them to their Facebook Profile

There’s something very wrong with a person who could be mean enough to destroy the reputations of people who have not even wronged him. Joseph Bernard Campbell, a 24-year old hacker from Florida, hacked into the email accounts of over 500 women and browsed through their emails, looking for nude or semi-nude pictures. He then…

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Active Facebook Scams to Avoid – July 24th, 2011

Scams exploded on Facebook over the weekend. Sadly, Amy Winehouse’s death and the Oslo bombing were the most popular. Always use common sense and be careful what you click! A good many of the scams these days offer items for free (shoes, hats, sunglasses, Facebook credits – just to name a few). Don’t fall for…

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Leaked Video!! Amy Winehouse On Crack hours before death – Facebook Scam

Scam Signature Message: Leaked Video!! Amy Winehouse On Crack hours beforedeathleakedvidz.blogspot.com Alternate Message: Miss Amy Winehouse DEATH film LEAKED Attention: Real Video SHOCKING – Amy Winehouse’s Final Minutes Amy Winehouse Night Before Death Video SHOCKING – Amy Winehouse’s Final Minutes Video leaked of amy winehouse’s death!!! Warning: Graphical Content Trending: July 2011 Scam Type: Survey…

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Beware of phishing attempts posing as Facebook Security

There are several phishing scams active on Facebok right now pretending to be Facebook Security. In case you don’t know what a phishing scam is, it is an attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. – Wikipedia Typical messages…

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Dad Drops His Daughter to Try to Catch a Baseball on LIVE TV! – Facebook Scam

Scam Signature Message: Dad Drops His Daughter to Try to Catch a Baseball onLIVE TV!lolvidztube.info Trending: July 2011 Scam Type: Survey Scam Why it’s a Scam: Clicking on the wall post will take you to the following web page: How to Deal with the Scam: If you see the scammer’s message on your Wall, then…

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[Video] OSLO Security Camera Captures Blast! – Facebook Scam

Scam Signature Message: [Video] OSLO Security Camera Captures Blast! terrorinoslo.tumblr.com [Video] OSLO Security Camera Captures Blast! Trending: July 2011 Scam Type: Survey Scam Why it’s a Scam: Clicking on the wall post will take you to the following web page: Clicking the “Play Video” button will cause a share box to pop up. Clicking “jaa”…

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REALLY Stupid Girl – Facebook Scam

Scam Signature Message: The ending is the best! LOL 🙂REALLY Stupid Girl www.youtube.com This has got to be the stupidest video ever. You wont believe what she does at the end Trending: July 2011 Scam Type: Click-jacking, ? Why it’s a Scam: We have had several members of the Facecrooks community report seeing this scam…

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