What's and When's of Online Social Scams
Bitdefender saf ego WHATS AND WHENS OF ONLINE SOCIAL SCAMS OCTOBER 2010 - JUNE 2011 ОСТОBER 2010 PLAYFUL SCAMS Scams put on their (best) Social Game themes and flood accounts with promises of bonus giveaways. LUCKY NOVEMBER 2010 WINNER! PROFILE CUSTOMIZATION SCAMS Fashion-forward scams with adware skel- etons in their closets set off as mighty style crusaders by luring users with fake back- ground changing & profile customization fea- tures. DECEMBER 2010 CHRISTMAS-THEMED SCAMS A host of little league "season to be merry" scams plus a quite successful comeback of See who viewed your profile. There's your answer to the "Have you been naughtv nice?" question. WHO VIEWED YOUR PROFILE JANUARY 2011 LIKEJACKING EXPLOSION New Year's fireworks spark off a true flood of fake Likes. Did you actually "like" that video/photo or did the scammer do it for you? FEBR ARY 2011 MOBILE PLATFORM SCAMS M According to statistics provided by URL short- ening services, more and more mobile plat- form users get their fair share of social scam heat. CA MARCH 2011 TIME(LESS) SCAMS GO ON TO TWITTER A tricky Facebook old-timer, the “How long?" scam, to be more precise, starts migrating towards the tropics of Twitter. APRIL 2011 INTRODUCING TAGJACKAND EVENTJACK These hardened tricksters are out to get your friends in the trap by impersonating you and by tagging your friends or by inviting them to events allegedly created by you. MAY 2011 TAGGED ADMIN NOTIFICATION SCAMS ADMIN PAGE New scam dubs hoards of users as page administrators. A Facebook notification reels them all in and creates the perfect audience for scammers' show of malware/adware later on. JUNE 2011 COMMENTJACKING KICKS IN An apparently harmless (type the word) human verification test gets you to say whatever the scammers want and to invite your friends to join the scam party. САМ PLEASE TYPE THE WORD BROUGHT TO YOU BY Bitdefender saf ego APPS.FACEBOOK.COM/ BD-SAFEGO Bitdefender saf ego WHATS AND WHENS OF ONLINE SOCIAL SCAMS OCTOBER 2010 - JUNE 2011 ОСТОBER 2010 PLAYFUL SCAMS Scams put on their (best) Social Game themes and flood accounts with promises of bonus giveaways. LUCKY NOVEMBER 2010 WINNER! PROFILE CUSTOMIZATION SCAMS Fashion-forward scams with adware skel- etons in their closets set off as mighty style crusaders by luring users with fake back- ground changing & profile customization fea- tures. DECEMBER 2010 CHRISTMAS-THEMED SCAMS A host of little league "season to be merry" scams plus a quite successful comeback of See who viewed your profile. There's your answer to the "Have you been naughtv nice?" question. WHO VIEWED YOUR PROFILE JANUARY 2011 LIKEJACKING EXPLOSION New Year's fireworks spark off a true flood of fake Likes. Did you actually "like" that video/photo or did the scammer do it for you? FEBR ARY 2011 MOBILE PLATFORM SCAMS M According to statistics provided by URL short- ening services, more and more mobile plat- form users get their fair share of social scam heat. CA MARCH 2011 TIME(LESS) SCAMS GO ON TO TWITTER A tricky Facebook old-timer, the “How long?" scam, to be more precise, starts migrating towards the tropics of Twitter. APRIL 2011 INTRODUCING TAGJACKAND EVENTJACK These hardened tricksters are out to get your friends in the trap by impersonating you and by tagging your friends or by inviting them to events allegedly created by you. MAY 2011 TAGGED ADMIN NOTIFICATION SCAMS ADMIN PAGE New scam dubs hoards of users as page administrators. A Facebook notification reels them all in and creates the perfect audience for scammers' show of malware/adware later on. JUNE 2011 COMMENTJACKING KICKS IN An apparently harmless (type the word) human verification test gets you to say whatever the scammers want and to invite your friends to join the scam party. САМ PLEASE TYPE THE WORD BROUGHT TO YOU BY Bitdefender saf ego APPS.FACEBOOK.COM/ BD-SAFEGO Bitdefender saf ego WHATS AND WHENS OF ONLINE SOCIAL SCAMS OCTOBER 2010 - JUNE 2011 ОСТОBER 2010 PLAYFUL SCAMS Scams put on their (best) Social Game themes and flood accounts with promises of bonus giveaways. LUCKY NOVEMBER 2010 WINNER! PROFILE CUSTOMIZATION SCAMS Fashion-forward scams with adware skel- etons in their closets set off as mighty style crusaders by luring users with fake back- ground changing & profile customization fea- tures. DECEMBER 2010 CHRISTMAS-THEMED SCAMS A host of little league "season to be merry" scams plus a quite successful comeback of See who viewed your profile. There's your answer to the "Have you been naughtv nice?" question. WHO VIEWED YOUR PROFILE JANUARY 2011 LIKEJACKING EXPLOSION New Year's fireworks spark off a true flood of fake Likes. Did you actually "like" that video/photo or did the scammer do it for you? FEBR ARY 2011 MOBILE PLATFORM SCAMS M According to statistics provided by URL short- ening services, more and more mobile plat- form users get their fair share of social scam heat. CA MARCH 2011 TIME(LESS) SCAMS GO ON TO TWITTER A tricky Facebook old-timer, the “How long?" scam, to be more precise, starts migrating towards the tropics of Twitter. APRIL 2011 INTRODUCING TAGJACKAND EVENTJACK These hardened tricksters are out to get your friends in the trap by impersonating you and by tagging your friends or by inviting them to events allegedly created by you. MAY 2011 TAGGED ADMIN NOTIFICATION SCAMS ADMIN PAGE New scam dubs hoards of users as page administrators. A Facebook notification reels them all in and creates the perfect audience for scammers' show of malware/adware later on. JUNE 2011 COMMENTJACKING KICKS IN An apparently harmless (type the word) human verification test gets you to say whatever the scammers want and to invite your friends to join the scam party. САМ PLEASE TYPE THE WORD BROUGHT TO YOU BY Bitdefender saf ego APPS.FACEBOOK.COM/ BD-SAFEGO Bitdefender saf ego WHATS AND WHENS OF ONLINE SOCIAL SCAMS OCTOBER 2010 - JUNE 2011 ОСТОBER 2010 PLAYFUL SCAMS Scams put on their (best) Social Game themes and flood accounts with promises of bonus giveaways. LUCKY NOVEMBER 2010 WINNER! PROFILE CUSTOMIZATION SCAMS Fashion-forward scams with adware skel- etons in their closets set off as mighty style crusaders by luring users with fake back- ground changing & profile customization fea- tures. DECEMBER 2010 CHRISTMAS-THEMED SCAMS A host of little league "season to be merry" scams plus a quite successful comeback of See who viewed your profile. There's your answer to the "Have you been naughtv nice?" question. WHO VIEWED YOUR PROFILE JANUARY 2011 LIKEJACKING EXPLOSION New Year's fireworks spark off a true flood of fake Likes. Did you actually "like" that video/photo or did the scammer do it for you? FEBR ARY 2011 MOBILE PLATFORM SCAMS M According to statistics provided by URL short- ening services, more and more mobile plat- form users get their fair share of social scam heat. CA MARCH 2011 TIME(LESS) SCAMS GO ON TO TWITTER A tricky Facebook old-timer, the “How long?" scam, to be more precise, starts migrating towards the tropics of Twitter. APRIL 2011 INTRODUCING TAGJACKAND EVENTJACK These hardened tricksters are out to get your friends in the trap by impersonating you and by tagging your friends or by inviting them to events allegedly created by you. MAY 2011 TAGGED ADMIN NOTIFICATION SCAMS ADMIN PAGE New scam dubs hoards of users as page administrators. A Facebook notification reels them all in and creates the perfect audience for scammers' show of malware/adware later on. JUNE 2011 COMMENTJACKING KICKS IN An apparently harmless (type the word) human verification test gets you to say whatever the scammers want and to invite your friends to join the scam party. САМ PLEASE TYPE THE WORD BROUGHT TO YOU BY Bitdefender saf ego APPS.FACEBOOK.COM/ BD-SAFEGO Bitdefender saf ego WHATS AND WHENS OF ONLINE SOCIAL SCAMS OCTOBER 2010 - JUNE 2011 ОСТОBER 2010 PLAYFUL SCAMS Scams put on their (best) Social Game themes and flood accounts with promises of bonus giveaways. LUCKY NOVEMBER 2010 WINNER! PROFILE CUSTOMIZATION SCAMS Fashion-forward scams with adware skel- etons in their closets set off as mighty style crusaders by luring users with fake back- ground changing & profile customization fea- tures. DECEMBER 2010 CHRISTMAS-THEMED SCAMS A host of little league "season to be merry" scams plus a quite successful comeback of See who viewed your profile. There's your answer to the "Have you been naughtv nice?" question. WHO VIEWED YOUR PROFILE JANUARY 2011 LIKEJACKING EXPLOSION New Year's fireworks spark off a true flood of fake Likes. Did you actually "like" that video/photo or did the scammer do it for you? FEBR ARY 2011 MOBILE PLATFORM SCAMS M According to statistics provided by URL short- ening services, more and more mobile plat- form users get their fair share of social scam heat. CA MARCH 2011 TIME(LESS) SCAMS GO ON TO TWITTER A tricky Facebook old-timer, the “How long?" scam, to be more precise, starts migrating towards the tropics of Twitter. APRIL 2011 INTRODUCING TAGJACKAND EVENTJACK These hardened tricksters are out to get your friends in the trap by impersonating you and by tagging your friends or by inviting them to events allegedly created by you. MAY 2011 TAGGED ADMIN NOTIFICATION SCAMS ADMIN PAGE New scam dubs hoards of users as page administrators. A Facebook notification reels them all in and creates the perfect audience for scammers' show of malware/adware later on. JUNE 2011 COMMENTJACKING KICKS IN An apparently harmless (type the word) human verification test gets you to say whatever the scammers want and to invite your friends to join the scam party. 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