A friend alerted me to this article on the CBS: Moneywatch website:
Biggest Security Threat: Facebook & You
The author covers a number of current Facebook scams all aimed at getting you to unwittingly provide crooks with enough personal information that they can hack into your financial accounts. Games such as 21 Questions are easy to get sucked into—we all are curious about what question about us was unlocked—but very hard to get out of. Once your private information no longer private, you’re open to all sorts of scams.
I’ve already posted about one of the con games mentioned in the article. See my warning about the “I’m Stuck” scam, and how we avoided being fooled.
If you spend any time on Facebook, and ever click on the various links to applications that want access to your account, you’ll want to read this article. A good dose of paranoia will go a long way to protecting your money.
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