Scam Signature Message: AGE yourself! See what you will look like in 20 years!! 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: When you “Click” on the image, you are taken to a…
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We hope everyone is having a safe and happy holiday season. Things were a little slow news wise this past week, but the scammers didn’t slow down at all. We don’t anticipate a change in that anytime soon. A lot of people received tech gadgets over the holidays and will be using them to access…
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This was a big week for Facebook and especially for Mark Zuckerberg. Time awarded him with the honor of being named the 2010 Person of the Year! No small feat for the 26 year old billionaire. Many internet users screamed foul, because they thought Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks was more deserving of the…
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Perhaps the biggest untold news story is the number of survey scams that were circulating on Facebook this past week. Some of them were old standbys lingering around and still being spread by the uninformed, while many were brand new and malicious in their intent. Several stories have been featured recently on the importance of…
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Scam Signature Message: OMG! Her boyfriend dies in her arms right before her eyes. The car hits them while they kiss. It’s heartbreaking. You must see this: Scam Type: Like Jacking – Survey Scam – Rogue Application Trending: December 2010 Why it’s a Scam: Once you click on the Wall Post link, you are taken…
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All in all, this was an unusually quiet week on the Facebook front…until last night! Well, a few new scams hit, bloggers made their predictions for privacy and security issues to be faced in 2011 and beyond, but nothing really gripping hit the blogoshpere until Sunday afternoon. Facebook announced via their Twitter account that new…
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Scam Signature Message: Did Michael Jackson fake his death? Scam Link: http://apps.facebook.com/omgghesalive/ Scam Type: Like Jacking – Survey Scam – Rogue Application Trending: November 2010 Why it’s a Scam: Once you click on the Wall Post link, you are taken to the following page: If you click on this image, you are “like-jacked!” Your newsfeed…
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Scam Signature Message(s): OH MY GOD!…Justin BIEBER Hits Girl For NO Reason!OMG! This Is So Badd! >>> [link] <
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It seems like there is a never ending battle between Facebook privacy snafus and their attempts to regain user trust by implementing enhanced privacy and safety features. More times than not, it is a one step forward and two steps back scenario. Facebook’s latest features to be implemented in the coming month include one-time passwords…
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One of the major stories of the week was the massive Facebook outage that occurred on Thursday. Robert Johnson, a senior engineer with Facebook stated that it was the worst such outage the site has experienced in over four years. Apparently, the reason for the outage was due to a software issue and its error…
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