Facebook scams – the ‘classics’ and how to avoid them

JMH · Aug 24, 2014

Facebook has changed hugely over the years – remember ‘Pokes’? – and today’s sharing machine, with its videos, its news and its scams, is very different from the bare site Mark Zuckerberg launched.
Naturally, each new ‘feature’ has also brought new privacy worries – and security-conscious users should revisit their profile with our detailed guide to ‘maxing’ privacy on Facebook.
But some things haven’t changed – namely, the Facebook scams. It’s not that cybercriminals are unoriginal – it’s just that there are a few Facebook scams which work again and again, and all the criminals need to do is vary them slightly to keep money rolling in.

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Facebook scams – the ‘classics’ and how to avoid them

JMH

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