Majority of Facebook Attacks Feed Fraudulent Affiliate Marketing Sites, Says
Affiliate marketing sites are the final destination in three-fourths of all Facebook deceptions, according to the report. Visitors to these sites are induced to fill out surveys that generate affiliate payments for the scammers, victimizing legitimate …
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Criminals Used Affiliate Marketing Sites in Majority of Facebook Scams in 2011
The majority of the Facebook scams in 2011 used social-engineering tactics to trick users into going to affiliate marketing sites to fill out surveys, Commtouch said. Cyber-criminals are no longer just using Facebook for identity theft or phishing …
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