Top Identity Theft Scam: Fake Facebook Message, Texts and Tweets

Fake Facebook and Twitter messages were very popular in 2012. Scammers would pretend to be one of your friends and send you a message with a link claiming they have an embarrassing photo of you. The link contains a virus and automatically downloads to your computer.

( January 11, 2013 )

Fake Facebook and Twitter messages were very popular in 2012. Scammers would pretend to be one of your friends and send you a message with a link claiming they have an embarrassing photo of you. The link contains a virus and automatically downloads to your computer.

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