Facebook Phishing, the New Scam

I’ve written numerous times about the proliferation of spam on Facebook and it’s becoming increasingly prevalent. This morning the Sydney Morning Herald reported about one individual who’s friend had their account hacked and was being used by spammers to try to get money by claiming he had been stranded in Nigeria. If you’ve been using the internet for the past couple years then you know that Nigeria is a keyword which means “spam” nine times out of ten.

Sydneysider Karina Wells also was able to determine that the individual she was talking to was not her friend but was instead a scammer, but many people are not so fortunate.

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