App cons Facebook users with promise of revealing profile viewers

An app claiming to show users their profiles' viewers scams them into allowing access to their profiles, and it has taken hold on the site.

Source:
http://pixelbean.com/2010/12/app-cons-facebook-users-with-promise-of-revealing-profile-viewers-2/

App cons Facebook users with promise of revealing profile viewers

An app claiming to show users their profiles' viewers scams them into allowing access to their profiles, and it has taken hold on the site.

Source:
http://pixelbean.com/2010/12/app-cons-facebook-users-with-promise-of-revealing-profile-viewers-2/

Microsoft tries its hand at a NigerianStyle Scam

See how Internet Explorer 8 recreated notorious online scams in empty Manhattan storefronts and got street-smart New Yorkers to gladly hand over their most embarrassingly personal information.

Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcdEojQrIpQ

Social Engineering The Basics

What is social engineering? What are the most common and most current tactics? And how can you prevent these scams? A guide on how to stop social engineering.

Source:
http://www.csoonline.com/article/514063/Social_Engineering_The_Basics

133000 Member Facebook Group is One Big Scam

Facebook has always had a problem with scams, just as any massive social service will.

There have been the classic 491 scams, and the ever popular hidden fee scams. This one however is new to us, and is quite unnerving.

Source:
http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/28/133000-member-facebook-group-big-scam/