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How to Avoiding Online Scams tips

There is a major avenue of attack which can be used to breach your security, and that is through what is generally called Social Engineering. Basically Social engineering involves tricking a user into revealing sensitive information or voluntarily providing access to their system.In other words it is a con or a scam.

Facebook Spam | How to Stop It?

Facebook users are continuously being hit by spam that claim to offer Free meal, Free Mobile Recharge, Some Nude Content or they may offer Free Money. Once you click on such links you are automatically taken to some inappropriate website. Sometimes it takes you to some Facebook application which asks you to allow to access your Facebook account. How Does a Spam Spread? 1) Malware(Malicious software that harms your system) infects your friends computer Secretly giving spammer control over Facebook or Twitter accounts 2) The spammer posts a message on your friend's Facebook profile, offering the same things. 3) You click on those links and you are taken to a website that sometimes instructs to download some stuff to view the content, or if they offered you a free coupon, they will tell you to download that coupon. 4) The malware infects your computer and lets spammer post the offer on your Facebook profile, repeating the same cycle ...