People who enjoy a meal at McDonald’s may be tempted to click on the links that began flooding Twitter in the past hours, promising free gift cards. Like in many cases, there are no free prizes, only a malicious operation that targets the digital assets of unsuspecting Internet users.
I don’t know if I s... |
4 January 2012
08:03 GMT |
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These days Facebook walls are flooded with a message that claims Walgreens is offering free gift cads to 10,000 members.
In reality, this is nothing more than a classic scam that leads to a survey site which pays the cybercrooks for each visitor they redirect.
The clever part about this scheme is that the website ... |
28 December 2011
13:11 GMT |
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The trailer for The Hobbit was released only a few days ago and cybervillains already began using it to spread their malicious schemes.
Experts from GFI came across a phony YouTube page that claims users can watch the entire motion picture if they complete a survey.
If you’re not content with only seeing a mo... |
22 December 2011
05:09 GMT |
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Cybercriminals recently launched an operation that relies on typosquatting to fool unsuspecting victims into thinking that Wiki and Youtube related websites are offering free prizes. Since hackers realized that many people would misspell a website’s URL, they took advantage of the most common mistakes to serve ... |
13 December 2011
04:58 GMT |
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The Starbucks scheme is widely utilized by cybercrooks to direct unsuspecting internet users to the survey websites that earn them tons of affiliate cash, but now, instead of spreading only through Facebook, emails and tweets are being sent with the same fake advertisements.
In the hoax messages, internauts are prom... |
21 November 2011
04:56 GMT |
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Facebook customers may be faced with ads that claim Starbucks is offering coffee gift cards for a limited number of users as a result of a promotion, but it turns out to be nothing more than a scam.
Internet users are urged to share the message with their friends and leave a comment saying they love coffee, Hoax Sla... |
16 November 2011
07:25 GMT |
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To gain the attention of social media customers, crooks will try to show them all sorts of awful videos. In this case, we're promised a video that 98% of people can't watch for more than 15 seconds.
The cybervillains will rely on our curiosity and that's how they manage to spread these fake messages. ... |
14 November 2011
13:21 GMT |
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People who don't like Soulja Boy can always fall for the scam that advertises an indecent video featuring Rihanna.
Facecrooks informs that three variants of this hoax are circulating on Facebook, each offering unseen footage that stars the famous singer.
“SICK - I just hate RIHANNA after watching th... |
12 November 2011
10:01 GMT |
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Another Facebook scam provided by Facecrooks relies on celebrities goofing up. This time Soulja Boy is accused of beating up his girlfriend in public.
I don't know if it's true or not, but the message should be avoided since instead of a video, users will see nothing but the usual survey that joins these... |
12 November 2011
03:29 GMT |
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