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New Scam Making Rounds on Facebook

Posted Friday, December 04, 2009 in Computers-Internet-Technology
by Elaine Roxane Winter

A new phishing scam is spreading fast on Facebook using the chat feature. 

According to Mashable, the attack employs similar methods to those used by past scams, using hijacked user accounts to send chat messages with a link to a familiar-looking Facebook phishing page. But when you click on it, the scammers steal your login info and send you to the real Facebook.

After they are in your account, they continually spam your friends via the chat.

To read the rest of the article at Mashable, click here.

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