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By: Do you like phishing? - The Little Advisor

Do you like phishing? - The Little Advisor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:41:36 +0000

[...] Here’s a recent article describing one of the scams now running through Facebook. [...]

By: Brian Wetjen

Brian Wetjen — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:19:49 +0000

Sean – I couldn’t agree more. And I don’t know what to do about it, either. I have one uncle who at least knows what Snopes is, but I still get plenty of heartwrenching stories from him about how forwarding an email will help a cancer-ridden child achieve his greatest dream in the world. Education can hopefully help, but I think the deal is that it’s just so EASY to click or forward that people don’t think about any implications.

Keep fighting the good fight! And maybe we need to start a Facebook fan page for People Who Know Better Than To Click On All The Too Good To Be True Things Out There.

By: Sean Bryan

Sean Bryan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:50:32 +0000

Brian,

I voiced my frustration on this to a close friend the other day after I received at least a dozen invites for this particular group. As you have pointed out, Best Buy wouldn’t be spending $20 million for people to become fans of free gift cards (Really, who isn’t a fan of those?).

What is it with people expecting something for nothing these days? Why is it the generation that “democratized information” using the internet can’t seem to perform a simple Google search to check authenticity?

Another scam making the rounds via Facebook messages is Fortune High Tech Marketing — a modified pyramid scheme many a poor soul have invested in. I receive these messages from professionals I look up to! I can only imagine how I would react if they represented my business interests and sent me some scam.

Luckily I haven’t been hounded to join a scam/group. I don’t know what the etiquette would be in that situation to save face for both parties.

Let’s exercise some judgement out there!