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In Facebook there is a new type of fraud

В Facebook появился новый вид мошенничестваScammers in Facebook are disguised as friends and ask to borrow money.

In Facebook have discovered a new type of fraud, criminals create a profile that is identical to the account user’s friends, and sent friend request on their behalf.

About it reports Fox News.

Experts in security say that in this way the scammers are trying to take over the information contained in restricted profiles. For example, it may be birth dates and real names and surnames.

In addition, attackers, posing as friends, you can “ask for money” – such situations happen quite often.

The authors note, to protect all personal information, whether the data of the owner of the profile or posts that are not intended for public viewing, you need to be friends with strangers, and carefully check whether your already in the friends profile has created another page.

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