Creeps of the Week – August 23, 2010
Good Morning Facecrooks! As usual, there were a few people behaving badly on Facebook this past week. Thankfully, the “Facecrooks” this week only involved minor infractions and nothing too sinister. Below is a listing of the top Facecrooks taken from our Wall of Shame: Teacher resigns over Facebook posts Dr. June Talvitie-Siple, a math and…
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England football sex cheat Facebook scam
Title: England football sex cheat Facebook scam Scam Signature Message(s): omg.. thats disgusting ! she looks about 13! OMG.. This England Football Player Got CAUGHT F**KING A UNDERAGE PROSTITUTE! (PHOTOS) You Must See This It Is SHOCKING!… OMG You Must See This Shocking Photos! Scam Link: hidden Scam Type: Survey Scam Trending: August 2010 Why…
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Weekly Roundup – August 21, 2010
Facebook Places Well, we’ve made it through another week! The word on the street this week was the impending announcement of Facebook’s location based features being released, and Facebook didn’t disappoint. Learning from past mistakes, the default setting for Places is “friends only”. If you want to totally opt out of Places, then check out…
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Facebook Places – The Good, The Bad and The Fugly
The much anticipated launch of Facebook’s geo-location rival to Foursquare finally came to fruition this week. So, what exactly is Facebook Places and how does it work? Facebook places brings location-based features to social networking using gps enabled computers and devices. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, summed it up pretty well in the press conference…
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Free Facebook Credits Scam
Title: Free Facebook Credits Scam Scam Name: Facebook Credits Scam Scam Signature Message: Did you know that Facebook is giving away free credits? Scam Link: Facebook Event Pages – Now deactivated Scam Type: Likejacking Scam Trending: July 2010 Why it’s a Scam: The offical Facebook page has no mention of the free Facebook Credits program.…
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Mother Went to Jail for Taking This pic of her son
Title: Mother Went to Jail for Taking This pic of her son Facebook Scam Scam Name: Mother Went to Jail for Taking This pic of her son Facebook ScamScam Signature Message: “OMG!! Guys, you have to see this: This mother went to jail for taking this pic of her son!” Scam Link: Deactivated Scam Type:…
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Profile Spy / Watcher Scam
Title: Facebook Profile Spy/Watcher Scam Scam Name: Facebook Profile Spy/Watcher Scam Scam Signature Message: Find out who is looking at your profile.Scam Link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=209645259791Scam Type: LikeJacking and possibly distribution of malicious programsTrending: 2009-2010Why it’s a Scam: Profile Trackers are against Facebook TOS. The “activate” profile spy, you must first invite all your friends to the…
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Justin Bieber Concert Ticket Giveaway Scam
Scam Name: Justin Bieber Concert Ticket Giveaway Scam Scam Signature Message(s): “WOW! Justin Bierber Is Giving Away Free Concert Tickets Now!: http://bit.ly/[censored]“ Scam Link: “WOW! Justin Bierber Is Giving Away Free Concert Tickets Now!: http://bit.ly/[censored]“ Scam Type: Rogue Application Trending: August 19, 2010 Why it’s a Scam: The application requests permission to access your profile.…
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Never gonna drink Coca Cola again
Title: ‘Never gonna drink Coca Cola again’ Facebook scam Scam Name: ‘Never gonna drink Coca Cola again’ Facebook scam Scam Signature Message: I am part of the 98.0% of people that are NEVER gonna drink Coca Cola again after this HORRIFIC video –> http://www.[removed] Find out the TRUTH about Coke!!! Scam Link: A website with…
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Justin Bieber's Cell Phone Number Scam
Title: Justin Bieber’s Cellphone Number Scam Scam Name: Justin Bieber’s Cellphone Number Scam Scam Signature Message: “OMG!! Justin Biebers Ex GIRLFRIEND just RELEASED his new CELL PHONE NUMBER!!” Scam Link: OMG! Justin Bieber’s EX girlfriend RELEASED His Phone Number Facebook Fanpage [now deactivated] Scam Type: Survey and Mobile Subscription Scam Trending: July 2010 Why it’s…
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The Sharejack
Scam Name: The Sharejack Scam Signature Message(s): “10 Funny T-Shirt Fails” or something similar Scam Link: same as message Scam Type: Click Jacking – Trending: August 18, 2010 Why it’s a Scam: 1. You see the link “10 Funny T-Shirt Fails” or something similar. 2. You are asked to click a “Next” button. This “Next…
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