Adult Dating Site Spams Facebook With Fake Profiles

Last night after being tipped off about a new meme spreading on Facebook I stumbled across something much more widespread: fake profiles that were being used to promote an adult dating site.

Last night after being tipped off about a new meme spreading on Facebook I stumbled across something much more widespread: fake profiles that were being used to promote an adult dating site. All of the profiles had identical status updates with a slightly different link for the purpose of determining which profiles performed best.

If you were ever a member of MySpace, there’s a good chance you remember how the site became over run by fake accounts who spammed users with friend requests from profiles of attractive women who also linked to similar adult dating sites.

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