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Sanity Check Number Twelve:
Have you ever ‘friended’ someone because
they ‘liked’ your posts or photos?
Clever online fraudsters and con-artists
make good use of the like button to
attract prospective targets. It works like
this:
• A fraudster will persuade someone to
accept their friend request, perhaps by
using an attractive photo.
• The fraudster will browse that person’s
pages and click the ‘Like’ button under
posts or images of their friends.
• Some of those friends will be curious
about the person who liked their post or
image. They might actually invite the
fraudster to be their friend.
The fraudster can thus attract ‘friends’ who
may never even realise that they have
been targeted.
L is for…
Liking
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