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Old 08-01-2011, 06:28 PM  
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Social Network scamming techniques hit Hollywood plotlines

These dudes are getting more and more creative.

Case in point: http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...lifetime-movie

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Click what seems to be a CNN link posted by one of your Facebook friends, and you're sent to a fake YouTube page with the prompt: "Are you older than 13 years of age? Click "Jaa" button 2x and confirm and play video."

Thing is, "Jaa" is Finnish for "Share." Click that increasingly-common ruse and you've just spammed all your Facebook friends with that same link to the fake news report about a fake Facebook serial killer ? who might be in your area! That's the twist on this particular spam scam, which attempts to work out your location, and add it to the fake comments on the fake stor
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