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Top five Facebook scams
« on: Tuesday, 04 November, 2014 @ 14:36:17 »
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Top five Facebook scams revealed

In a two-year study of over 850,000 Facebook scams by Bitdefender, the internet security company revealed that scammers have infected millions of users with the same repackaged tricks.

Almost half of social media threats prey on users’ curiosity to check who has viewed their profile.

Around one in three scams attract victims with features that Facebook doesn’t even have.

Bogus giveaways... accounted for 16.5 per cent of scams in the last two years, appealing to the bargain-hunters among Facebook's user base.

Celebrity sex tapes accounted for 7.5 per cent of scams.

Meanwhile, atrocity videos, which use horrendous images such as maimed animals, suffering children and tortured women to get Facebook users' attention, now account for almost 1 per cent of all scams.

Bitdefender advises users to keep their operating system, antivirus solution and other software frequently updated, as hackers can exploit vulnerabilities found on systems.

Users should also avoid completing Facebook surveys and sharing or liking websites to view a video, and they should not install updates requested by viral videos.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/11205517/Top-five-Facebook-scams-revealed.html