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Aggressive Free iPhone Scams Circulating on Facebook Security researchers warn of several new Facebook scams, which trick users into spamming their friends and participating in surveys by promising them free iPhones.The iPhone-themed attacks started over the weekend and produced spam messages like: "Just testing Facebook for iPhone out :P Received my free iPhone today,...	6 October 2010 09:19 GMT

Facebook Chat Spam Directs Users to Phishing Site Phishers are trying to steal login credentials from Facebook users by spamming them with malicious links through the social network's chat system. The new campaign abusing the Facebook chat feature has been spotted by security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro.The rogue messages coming from compromis...	17 September 2010 11:34 GMT

Free iPhone 4 Scam Spreading via Facebook Chat Scammers have begun abusing Facebook's Chat feature to trick users into participating in rogue surveys by promising them free iPhone 4 smartphones in return.Scams in which users are lured onto rogue pages and asked to complete surveys in exchange for access to some intriguing video or picture have become a commo...	20 August 2010 16:01 GMT

Coca Cola Shocking Video Spam Spreading on Facebook A new Facebook spam campaign is using a Coca Cola horrific video lure to trick users into visiting a malicious page. Victims are encouraged to propagate the rogue messages and end up with their personal information stolen. “I am part of the 98.0% of people that are NEVER gonna drink Coca Cola again after this H...	15 July 2010 09:38 GMT

Hijacked Twitter Accounts Used in Webcam Scheme A new threat to Twitter users came to light yesterday when hundreds of compromised accounts started sending spam messages that advertised an online adult webcam chat service. The Twitter staff have confirmed that around 750 users had their password reset as a result of the incident."Hey! 23/Female. Come chat with me ...	7 March 2009 04:21 GMT

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