Tuesday, November 4, 2014

The psychology of Facebook scam victims

From Help Net Security:

The psychology of Facebook scam victims

Bitdefender advises that the five most popular categories of scam baits used by cyber-criminals to trick Facebook users are:
  • Guess who viewed your profile (45.5%)
  • Facebook functionality scams (29.53%)
  • Giveaway scams (16.51%)
  • Celebrity scams (7.53%)
  • Atrocity videos (0.93%)

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