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Facebook users get sucked into a free Amazon voucher scam
SOCIAL NETWORK Facebook users have been lured into a scam claiming to offer them a free Amazon voucher.
It is another way that Facebook users have been duped into a con that gains tricksters money. This latest ploy tempts users to visit an external web site with an Amazon voucher as the supposed reward.
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos said, "If you follow the page's instructions you will be taken to another webpage, in this the example below it encourages you to sign up for a premium rate mobile phone service which could end up hurting you in the pocket."
The external web site not only attempts to get your money for things like horoscopes but gains the cybercriminals money just through traffic. As usual it encourages the victims to re-post the link with friends and make a comment, making it look kosher.
A recent scam of a similar nature invited users to change their Facebook pages into different colours, again for a limited time only. This one is particularly obvious due to the high value touted for the voucher, $500 no less.
Cluley urges users to attempt to correct their mistake if they were fooled by this one and said, "Please check your Facebook page to ensure that you are not spreading any messages to your online friends and ensure that you have revoked any Facebook applications, events and 'liked' pages that you are uncomfortable with." µ
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I once swapped the family cow for some beans. Mother wouldn't believe me they were magic (it's not that hard to get into an argument with my mother either), she threw the beans out of the window and sent me to bed with no supper. We woke up in the morning to find a huge plant outside the kitchen window so wondering what was at the top of the world's fastest growing plant I climbed it, found a big bag of gold, a golden egg laying hen and a harp that played itself. There's a catch with every scam: a human devouring giant lived at the top. Soon took care of him by stealing his stuff, chopping down the beanstalk and living happily ever after.
If I'd have listened to you naysayers my mother and I would still be living in a crumbling cottage with nothing but a manky old cow giving rancid milk. Now I've bought a fleet of 2nd hand Mercedes with private plates, the G-Wagen with the V numberplate is my favourite.
Facebook sells all your details to advertisers to make money. Nothing new here. Move on
Got into an argument with my mother(not a hard thing to accomplish, unfortunately) because the people on the news made it sound like simply clicking on the link got you into trouble.
What you are describing is called 'the iternet', and it has been around for quite a bit now (including half-wits that fall for ancient scams).