Scammers running wild on Facebook
By Gina on January 12, 2010 | Computer Security, Facebook charge, Facebook fee, Facebook $4.99 charge, Facebook £3.99 charge, Facebook monthly fee, Facebook scam, Facebook
Facebook has millions of users world wide and this makes the website attractive to scammers. Several “Monthly charge” frauds are circulating for a few months now pushing gullible users into panic. People are usually invited to join a group to express a protest against upcoming monthly fee. The rumor about charging $4.99 or £3.99 or £14.99 a month is totally made up. However, confusion is not what the scammers seek: members of the group are directed to external websites that are capable of installing malware. Some of the sources can even download 25 different infections automatically upon visit.
The incidents made Facebook delete “WE’RE AGAINST THE $4.99 A MONTH CHARGE FOR FACEBOOK FROM JUNE 30TH 2010” group but a new one appeared shortly after that. The new group is called “I WILL NOT PAY £3.99 A MONTH TO USE FACE BOOK FROM JULY 9TH 2010” and it’s the same fraud as the previous. These two groups are not the only ones trying to confuse people; the monthly charge or the formulation of the name might be different but the purpose is the same: installing malware onto computers.
Facebook representatives have repeatedly declared that the network is not going to charge a basic fee for the main services.
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