Security researchers have expressed concern about the increasing number of work-at-home scams circulating on social networking websites and tricking users into paying money for useless kits.Work-at-home easy-money scams are nothing new. They've been going around for years in various forms and using different tricks to lure in users.
The people behind these scams used to rely on forum and email spam to drive traffic to their pages, but social networking websites provide them with the opportunity to reach much larger audiences faster.
According to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, some of the work-at-home scams currently circulating on Facebook lead to a fake website called WS6 Daily, which poses as a legit news site.
The page displays an article about a mother who allegedly found a website on the Internet, signed up to work on the Internet and now makes from $7,000 to $9,000 a month.
The logos of MSNBC, ABC, USA Today, BBC and CNN are also displayed in order to increase the story's credibility.
Reading about the woman's success, some people might be inclined to give the method a try and the news website makes it easy to get started. All links on the fake page lead to another site offering a "home income kit," which, of course, doesn't come free.
Luckily, there's a discount going on, or so the people behind the scam would have people believe.They also claim to offer a 60-day money back guarantee, but that's very unlikely.
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Amusingly, as soon as I tried to quit that page it told me that I was qualified for a further £10 reduction, and offered the work from home scheme to me for just £9.97. They're certainly desperate for people to sign up at any cost," Graham Cluley
writes.
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