Free Walgreens Gift Card

Scammers on Facebook keep luring and deceiving people to click the links they spread in the social network by making use of bogus give aways. Apparently the Christmas season and the coming new year make the Facebook give away scams perfect for making people visit survey scam sites or provide their personal information such as their emails and telephone numbers.

Thus, if you see free gift cards and vouchers rapidly shared on Facebook, make sure to verify first. The following message, for example, is yet another example of these fake gift cards:

Get 1 F.R.E.E Walgreens Gift Card! (limited time only) CLICK HERE & CLAIM NOW
wal.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Walgreens is currently giving away 1 gift card to 10,000 lucky Facebook users!

If you see this message posted on Facebook,

1. Mark the post as spam and
2. Warn your friends by sharing this article on Facebook

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Costco Gift Card for FREE

If you have seen the following message posted by a friend on Facebook, be warned that this is a fake give away. The gift cards are meant to lure people into giving out their personal information or to visit sites that will bombard them with paid surveys:

Get Costco Gift Card for FREE! (limited time only)
costcocards.info
Costco is currently giving away $1000.00 gift cards to all facebook users!!

Here's what to do:

1. Mark the message as spam (how? see the image below)

2. Warn your friends by sharing this post on Facebook:

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Facebook Cover Photos and Images

You can personalize your Facebook timeline/profile by changing the facebook cover photo to one that suits your personality and mood. You can use your favorite photo from your last vacation to show it off to your friends or you can download images from the internet that you can use for the Facebook cover page.


Changing the Facebbook Cover Image
1. Go to your profile page and hover over your facebook cover image
2. Click Change Cover at the bottom-right of your cover image
3. Change the cover photo by Choosing to upload a new photo, reposition your current cover photo, or delete your cover.

Facebook cover dimensions
If you opt to use or edit your own image or photo, the facebook cover photo dimensions are are 850px width (x) 315px height. Use this facebook cover image size when editing the image that you will use for your timeline. You can get inspiration from the following facebook cover ideas:

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Christmas Themes for Facebook

Be wary of messages circulating in Facebook about Christmas Themes for FB such as the following:

Get Christmas Theme for FB on —>> All new Santa Claus theme for christmas <
Get Christmas theme for FB on
Cool new christmas feature or theme
Free Christmas Theme for all FB users!! Just install this amazing new FB Christmas new look and change your profile looks show it to your friends too

Clicking on this message's bit.ly link will redirect you to an external site enticing you to install a plugin supposedly so you can upload a theme. Doing so may actually lead you into installing a rogue or malicious browser addon. Scams like this may also lead you into downloading viruses and other malwares into your computer.

How to Safely Get a Christmas Theme for Your Facebook
If you are already on Facebook timeline, the best way to give your Facebook a Christmas look is to update your Facebook cover. Here's a detailed guide on how to give your profile a Christmas theme by personalizing your Facebook Timeline.

Dealing with Christmas Themes for Facebook Scam
Flag the "Get Christmas Theme for FB" messages. To do it, simple find the x mark beside the post and flag the post as spam.



Warn your friends by sharing this post on Facebook:

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International Rockstar Legend Jon Bon Jovi dead at 49

Jon Bon Jovi Hoax Spreads Via Facebook and Twitter
Hoaxers are killing celebrities. After Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj, singer Jon Bon Jovi is the latest celebrity to become a casualty of hoaxes spreading on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.

International Rockstar Legend Jon Bon Jovi dead at 49
Here's the misleading news that you might have encountered posted by one of your friends:

Rockstar Jon Bon Jovi (John Francis Bingiovi, Jr) was pronounced dead today afternoon after paramedics found him in coma at his Empress Hotel, city and law enforcement at Asbury Park, NJ sources told The Times after World Christmas Tour Concert on The Bamboozle Festival, North Beach Asbury Park.

New Jersey Fire Department- First Aid Captain Douglas Gray told The Times that paramedics responded to a 911 call from home. When they arrived, Bon Jovi was not breathing.

This message is a rude joke and is not true. It is not yet understood what motivated the scammers behind this hoax news to spread this since it appears that no paid surveys and ads are being associated with this fake news.

Seen this Message on Your Wall?
Here's what you can do if you see friends posting and reposting the misleading news on Facebook.

1. Find the x mark beside the post and click report/mark as spam.


2. Share this post to your friends on Facebook to make them know that the Jon Bon Jovi died news spreading on Facebook is a hoax.

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Eminem Stabbed by Crazed Fan outside LA Nightclub

As it appears, scammers recycle the hoax news and scams that they spread on Facebook by changing the names of the subject i.e celebrities and using the same "tragedy" plot.

After many Justin Bieber fans were fooled about a fake stabbing incident, a newer twist to the scam emerged on Facebook. This time, it tells of the famous rapper Eminem beaten and stabbed outside Detroit night club. Here is the hoax news as it appears on Facebook posts:

EMINEM STABBED By CRAZED Fan Outside L.A. NightClub!
omfgeminem.tk
– OMG! NOOOO! Could YOU Even Imagine?!?

Be aware that this Eminem stabbing incident news is a hoax so do not help scammers spread this message. The best way to do this is by marking the posts as spam and not resharing the news via your timeline.



Hoax news online are often spread by scammers to get people to answer surveys and provide their personal information.

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Justin Bieber Stabbed By Crazed Fan Outside LA Nightclub

Was Justin Bieber stabbed? Reports are spreading that the teen heart throb had a stabbing accident. Whenever you see or read shocking news about popular celebrities like Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, however, don't click and share the news right away.




The chances are high that these "news" are not true and they are actually false rumors and stories spread by scammers with the intention to get people to click on links that lead to phishing or survey sites.

Here is a newer example of these types of misleading facebook celebrity news:

Justin Bieber STABBED By CRAZED Fan Outside L.A. Nightclub!
or
http://tinyurl.com/justinLa0CH hey this is really cool! Stolen Video Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez.

www.rihannavideeo.co.cc

OMG! NOOOO! Could YOU Even Imagine?!?

How to Stop this Scam from Spreading

If you see one of your friends sharing this post, flag the post as spam. By doing so, you report the malicious link to Facebook. Check the image below for information on how to report a spam or scam on Facebook:



It also helps if you warn your friends about this Justin Bieber facebook scam by sharing this post in your favorite social network.

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How to Remove Yahoo News Feed on Facebook

The yahoo news feed appearing in your Facebook wall can give you insights on interesting and trending yahoo news. It also provides information on yahoo news and articles your online friends are currently reading or have recently read.

For some, however, the yahoo updates on Facebook can be irritating. Apparently, this is because of the placement of the links and excerpts of the featured articles which are placed on top of the news feed. Facebook users are also prompted to provide access to the yahoo facebook app to be able to read the featured articles from their account.
How to Remove Yahoo News on Facebook
Unlike with other Facebook wall posts and articles your friends share in the social network, you cannot easily remove the yahoo news update by marking the post as spam. However, you have other options to stop the yahoo newsfeed from appearing in your wall.

1. Go to the Yahoo App Page.

2. Scroll down and find the link "block app" in the left hand corner. Click this link.



3. A "block app?" window with this message will appear:

Blocking Yahoo! will prevent others from sending you invitations and requests for this app and will prevent this app from getting any info about you. This will also prevent you from seeing Yahoo! if other people have it installed.

Click Ok.



3. Yahoo is now blocked.

Don't forget to share this post on Facebook.

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Casey Anthony Adopts a Baby Hoax

If you're worried that Casey Anthony has adopted a new baby, then this is goodnews. The Casey Anthony Adopts a Baby message that's getting viral on Facebook is yet another hoax which has stemmed from an article by the spoof site weeklywordlnews.com:

Orange Country authorities confirmed that Casey Anthony applied to adopt a baby girl (2 years old) from Eastern Europe in early 2010. She was accepted by the Romanian government-pending the conclusion of her trial.

It is to be recalled that Casey Anthony, the main suspect of the killing of her two year old daughter Caylee Marie Anthony was released from jail in July this year after she was found INNOCENT of murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter. The verdict caused public outrage.

If you have friends who have reposted the Casey Anthony Adopts a Baby hoax, make sure to tell them the truth about the story. Share this article on Facebook.

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Are Hackers Putting Pornographic Videos With Your Name on Facebook?

Nobody wants to be a victim of hackers compromising Facebook accounts. Nevertheless, the messages below have already been debunked as a viral hoax.



Attention friends! hackers are doing damage again on facebook! pornographic movies are being posted on our behalf on the walls of our profiles! we do not see them, but other people do, as if it were our publication! sometime even our supposed comments appears. if you see such a thing in my homepage, alert me and do not open it because it is a virus! ...copy and re post this message

The hackers already entered in facebook they are putting pornographic videos to your name in the walls or profiles of your friends without you knowing it. you don´t see it, but other people can see it, as if these were a publication that you made! so if you receive something from me, it's not mine! copy this in your wall. it is for the security of your own image!

Although it is very possible that a "hacker" can take hold of your Facebook account, the likely culprit behind why people "unknowingly" post and spread stuff on their wall are NOT the hackers but malicious Facebook applications. Consider doing the following to protect your Facebook account.

How to Protect Your Facebook Account

1. Avoid clicking on tabloid like news posted by your friends on Facebook. These are likely clickjacking scams spread to make people answer surveys. Clickjacking scam messages have the ability to automate reposting of the message once you click on its link, image or video. If you see these messages, report them as spam.



2. Protect your personal information. Do not be lured into submitting personal data such as address and email in exchange of free giveaways. It also helps to always verify sites and pages that ask for your Facebook username and password. Scammers have been creating sites that mimic the Facebook log in page to steal your login credentials.

3. Always log out of your Facebook especially after using a public computer. The person who uses the computer after you do not need any hacking knowledge to post ANYTHING in your Facebook if you left your account open and accessible.

4. Avoid installing rogue Facebook applications. These applications include those that claim to monitor who views your profile and those that are "unknowingly" promoted by your friends via chat messages.

5. Help your friends protect their Facebook accounts. Share this post on Facebook:

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You will lose ALL respect for Kim Kardashian After You See This

Have you seen celebrity viral news posted by your friends on Facebook that look something like the ones below?

You will lose ALL respect for Kim Kardashian after you see this.

kimkardashian.altervista.org

Kim Kardashian will lose everything after this video gets out! Leaked: November 2011

Lost all respect for soulja boy after
watching him beat up his girl
souljaboybeating.blogspot.com
cant believe he beat her up in public like that . why
kind of man is he!!

Kim Kardashian isn't the only celebrity used in this viral message. Miley Cyrus and Rihanna have their versions too. The "You will lose all respect" messages spreading on Facebook are actually hoax videos. They do not actually exist. The viral messages are scam messages that were spread as a bait to make people answer surveys or submit their personal data. Scammers behind these Facebook scams earn whenever you answer those surveys or provide your personal details such as your name, email and birth date. The data you submit about yourself may also be used by spammers and phishers.

What to Do

1. Do not reshare the post. Don't be fooled by promises that tell you you will be able to view a controversial video after you reshare and repost the message on your wall.

2. Do not answer the surveys. Unless you want those scammers to earn money from you.

3. Report the post as spam. See the image below for your guide:



4. Warn your friends about this scam by sharing this post on Facebook.

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I Lost All Respect for Miley Cyrus after Watching This Video

Actress/singer Miley Cyrus is often the subject of scams online apparently because of her popularity particularly among teenage girls. A new one, in fact, is being circulated in the social network Facebook right now.

WTF?! I lost all respect for Miley Cyrus after watching this video
thinknow.tk
you will too after watching this!! Simply share the video to watch

Another supposed url of the video is mwooileeey.co.cc

Most followers and fans of Miley Cyrus are teeners and tweens. If you have kids at home who are in this age group, make sure to caution them about clicking links and messages circulating online about Miley Cyrus. These links will lead you to phishing or survey sites and pages which can possibly steal crucial information from you. Reposting the messages will just spread this hoax and so it is important to remove or report the message as spam once you see them in your wall:

• Check the image below to learn how to report and remove I Lost All Respect for Miley Cyrus Facebook spam:

• Make sure to share this post on Facebook to warn your friends about this I Lost All Respect for Miley Cyrus after Watching This Video Facebook scam

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You Will Lose All Respect For RIHANNA After Watching This Video

Several celebrity scams are spreading in Facebook right now. Subjects of these facebook video scams are often actresses and singers who are popular and controversial: Kim Kardashian, Miley Cyrus and Rihanna. You may have seen people posting what appears to be a video of Rihanna making out with someone but this is actually yet another bait to make people fill out online surveys.

Here's the spammy and malicious message spreading in Facebook:

I lost all respect for Rihanna after watching this video.
OMG! I Lost ALL Respect For Rihanna After Watching This Video! SHARE The Video To Watch!

Rihanna And Hayden Panettiere Video
Clicking the supposed video may cause your system to show adverts from a fake apple security center.

another version of this spammy post is this:

WOW – You Will hate RIHANNA after watching this video!
ririscandal.info
You Will Lose All Respect For RIHANNA After Watching This.

OMG - You will lose all respect RIHANNA after watching this video!
whatreallyriri.blogspot.com
RIRI is gone MADD!!

SICK - I just hate RIHANNA after watching this video
amazing-vide0s.blogspot.com
you will lost your all respect for RIHANNA after watching this

Celebrity fans and avid followers should therefore be on the lookout for these types of messages spreading on Facebook. Upon clicking on these wall posts, you will be prompted to share the message on your wall supposedly so you can view the Rihanna video. Unfortunately, you won't, you will end up doing surveys and making money for the scammers behind this Facebook scam.

How to Stop the Rihanna Facebook Scam from Spreading

The wall post is spreading like a virus and you must do your part to protect your friends.
1. NEVER reshare the wall post/video. Instead, mark the message as spam. Here's how you do it:



2. Warn your friends to be cautious of these celebrity video scams by sharing this post on your Facebook or twitter.

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Kim Kardashian Exposed

Kim Kardashian's the talk of celebrity news, blogs and tabloids lately after reports surfaced about her plans to divorce NBA player Kris Humphries who she wed in August this year. As expected, scammers hopped on the bandwagon by releasing their own versions of Kim Kardashian scams such as the one below which you may have seen posted by one of your friends in Facebook:

Kim Kardashian exposed!
aodaste.info
Kim Kardashian home made tape leaked!!

Stay away from this link because clicking on it will not lead you to a worthwhile information about Kim Kardashian. This link merely attempts to make you answer surveys or submit your personal information.

What to Do if You See Kim Kardashian Exposed Messages on Facebook

1. Do not repost.
2. Mark the message as spam.

3. Warn your friends about this scam by sharing this post on Facebook.

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How to Stop Sending Chatsend Spam

If you are one of the Facebook users who have downloaded the Chatsend application, you may notice the shady behavior of this application. Numerous Facebook users already complain that after installing chatsend, their account starts to send automated messages and chat to their friends. These messages often contain link that link to a download page of the chatsend application.

... installiert FileSend um Dateien mit Facebook-Chat zu senden. #218956 http://bit.ly/socialfile?5112000

What is Chatsend?

According to the ChatSend website, the application

"creates advanced, innovative technologies to efficiently deliver large files across the Internet. Our innovative clientless peer to peer file sending platform, enable us to vitualy send files without having the cost of heavy infrustructure, thus we provide the service for FREE ".

Their main products are ChatSend Social which supposedly allow users to send files in an integrated way with Social networks, including Facebook, Twitter and Google+; and ChatSend Desktop Manager.

Although Facebook has already blocked the malicious page, users who downloaded the application are still sending the spammy messages and links. To stop sending chatsend spam from your account, you must therefore remove chatsend. The following guide provides information on how to remove chatsend:

Delete Chatsend from Firefox

1.Go to Tools or press Alt + T

2.Click Add-ons



3.Choose Extensions
4.Find Chatsend toolbar
5.Remove

Chrome
1. Click on the settings button [top right corner next to the bookmark icon]
2. select tools from the dropdown menu, then select extensions
3. Look for Chatsend and remove it.

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14 Year Old Girls Attack and Strip a 5th Grade Boy

Warning, this is a clickjack/ likejack scam:

14 Year Old Girls Attack and Strip a 5th Grade Boy
mostshockingvideo.org

The message entices facebook users to click, like, and share the message before they will be able to watch the video. In truth, this is merely an attempt to make Facebook users answer surveys or submit their personal information such as their email, contact number and address. In worst cases, clicking on links may result in downloading malicious files.

Here is the actual video that you are looking for (without the redirects and surveys):

When you happened to have clicked on the link shown in the image above, you will be taken to a site that looks like a legitimate video hosting site.  Upon clicking watch, you will be taken to a fake video hosting site where you will be instructed to share first before you can watch the video. The video does not exist.

 

What to Do with this Facebook Video Scam
Here's what you should do if you see people sharing this message on Facebook:

1. Report the post as spam. See example below



2. Warn your friends about this new scam by sharing this post on Facebook:

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Facebook Lottery: Is It Real?

Online scammers do a variety of tricks to victimize computer users. Lately, a lottery scam is being distributed targeting users of the social network Facebook. Online lottery winnings is not a new scheme employed by scammers. Unfortunately, many people still fall to this type of deceit.




Facebook Lottery: Is It Real?
Straight answer: no. If you receive the following message, delete it because it is an attempt to scam you. Sorry to disappoint but there is no such thing as Facebook Lottery.

Dear Esteemed Winner,

We congratulate you.

We are pleased to notify you that you are amongst the 10 Lucky Winners whom where randomly selected in our first ever Facebook 2011 Lottery Draw held on Monday, the 26th of September, 2011. Your have won the sum of $1,000,000.00 USD (One million united states dollars) at our 2nd Jackpot category.
Please be advised to immediately file in for claim with a valid evidence of identification for clarification purpose so as to avoid a third party claim as we’ll not be accountable under such condition.

For claim, please call your Facebook Claim Administrator with your winning batch number: FBL2011-2ND/JPC26 to have your Winning claimed.

James Haggie
Facebook Claim Administrator. (FBCA)
Tel: +447045794951

Email: fb_jhaggiee@blumail.org

Annoucer,
Facebook Lottery Board (FLB).

On behalf of the entire Facebook Staff, we congratulate you.

 

It's quite amusing to believe you have won a Facebook lottery when you have not joined in any lottery promising to pay winners millions in prizes.

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Eat for Free at Pizza Hut

Eat for Free at Pizza Hut 

After the the Starbucks voucher scam and the free $250 Outback Steakhouse gift card scam, another bogus offer is yet circulating on Facebook.  This time, the message says you can eat for free at the popular pizza restaurant Pizza Hut if you share or repost the message and its link, leave a comment and provide the information you are asked for.

The scammers behind these bogus restaurant and coupon give away scams are maliciously using popular names in the food and restaurant industry to lure Facebook users to visit websites which ask people to provide personal information such as names, email, addresses and contact numbers. These pages may also bombard visitors with surveys and ads.

Here is the misleading Free Pizza Hut Coupon message as it circulates on Facebook:

Eat for Free at Pizza Hut!
Take advantage of this special Pizza Hut offer! Receive a FREE pizza coupon today! Act quickly before the supply runs out. With only a few coupons left, they'll go fast!

Things You Need to Know

1. Clicking on the link will lead you to a site where you will be asked to provide personal information. Warning: You may be providing your information to phishers, identity thieves or spammers.

2. You will not receive free pizza hut coupon for reposting the message, answering rewards surveys or providing your name and address. You can call the nearest Pizza Hut in your location, you will likely be advised that they are NOT giving away coupons on Facebook.

What To Do if You See this Scam on Facebook
1. Report the message as spam. Click the x mark beside the post and mark as spam:



2. Share this post on Facebook to inform your friends about the Fake Pizza Hut coupon give away:

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Get Free Starbucks Vouchers

Love coffee especially Starbucks? Don't fall to the free Starbucks voucher scam currently being circulated on Facebook.You should also be cautious if you get event invites to eceive $100 Starbucks Gift Card for FREE (Official)





The Starbucks voucher scam
The Free Starbucks Vouchers give away is yet another spinoff of the Outback Steakhouse free gift coupon and Tim Hortons' gift card scams that were distributed in the social network earlier. Here's how the message spreads through Facebook:

Free Gift Card from Starbucks (Limited Time Only!)
Celebrate 40 Years to Starbucks, Get a $50 GIFTCARD! (limited time only)
Starbucks is celebrating 40 years and giving away $50 giftcards to all facebook users!

Starbucks is currently giving away $100 gift cards
Get FREE Starbucks Vouchers - With a value of $100
gift-cards-4-drinks.com

To celebrate 40 years of Starbucks, we are giving away
thousands of $100 Gift Vouchers FREE - http://gift-cards-4-drinks.com

The link may vary and the price can also change to $50.

By using free Starbucks Vouchers/ 40 year anniversary Starbucks coupons as bait, scammers behind this bogus offer can lure non suspecting Facebook users to reshare, repost or post comments on this Facebook message scam so it spreads more rapidly in the social network. Those who clicked on the link are prompted to answer surveys supposedly to get the free Starbucks coffee voucher. Do not fall for this. Only the scammers can benefit when you answer those sponsor offers. You will not get free Starbucks coffee or vouchers or gift cards when you view or answer surveys presented by this Free Starbucks Vouchers Facebook scam.

Things to Remember and Removal of the Starbucks Facebook Spam


1. The FREE Starbucks Vouchers is a bogus offer. Do not report or reshare to stop this scam from spreading in your network.

2. Report "Get Free Starbucks Vouchers" messages as spam. Click the x mark beside the post and report as spam. The image below shows how to remove Get Free Starbucks Vouchers spam from your wall:



3. Share this post on Facebook and inform your friends not to fall for free Starbucks offered on Facebook.

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Free $25 Tim Hortons Gift Card

The Tim Hortons Rewards Facebook Scam

Here's the newer variation of the Outback gift caRd Facebook scam, a message that claims you'll get free Tim Horton gift card/ coupon if you share the message on your wall and do some survey:*

FREE $25 Tim Hortons Gift Card
timhortonsbirthdaygift.me

To celebrate our birthday, we are giving away thousands of
$25 Gift Vouchers FREE - http://timhortonsbirthdaygift.me/

Do not share this malicious wall post and its link because this message contains bogus offers. Scammers behind this just wanted to trick people to answer surveys or view ads through which they can earn money. Again, reposting the message will not earn you a Free $25 Tim Hortons Gift Card.



What to do if you receive or see this message posted on Facebook:

1. Do NOT reshare
2. Mark the message as spam


3. Warn your friends that this Free $25 Tim Hortons Gift Card is a bogus offer by sharing this post on Facebook.

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Eat for Free at Outback

The Outback Gift Card scam
Beware of the Eat for Free at Outback free dinner coupons scam which you may see posted on your wall or shared by your friends. These messages about free $250 outback certificates can get you excited.

Unfortunately, these are merely a ploy to get you to participate in survey scams. Here are some of the messages that you may see being circulated in the social network:*

They make the best steaks
Eat for free at outback! Only 359 dinner coupons remaining! Hurry up!
eatatoutback.net
Take advantage of this special outback steakhouse offer! Receive two free dinner vouchers today! Act quickly before the supply runs out. With only a few coupons left, they'll go fast!
outbackisbest.com

What It Is

The free $250 outback steakhouse gift card scam is just a renamed version of older facebook survey scams that include the likes of the free Southwest Airline Tickets and $250 Olive Garden Gift Card bogus give aways. Scammers make use of bogus freebies to lure people to participate in survey scams or provide their personal information such as email and contact number.

Free $250 outback steakhouse gift card? Sorry, no free $250 outback gift card even if you complete surveys and offers on Facebook

This particular hoax offer says that there are only a limited number of coupons and free 250 outback gift cards for give away. It also gives the impression that, to claim your free outback coupon, you need to share the page on your facebook wall and add a comment. Unfortunately, doing so will only lead you to a program requirements page where you will be asked to complete surveys or sponsor offers.

By luring you to answer surveys and complete offers, people behind this scam earn money through you. Do not click and share this message because the free coupon trap is merely a ploy to get you to answer surveys. You will not receive a free coupon for completing offers and answering surveys.

Removal and how to stop this Outback 250 Gift Card Facebook Scam from Spreading

1. What NOT to do: Repost and comment on the "Eat for Free at Outback" message

2.  Report the post as spam. See image below how:



3. Share this article on Facebook to warn your friends about the bogus Eat for Free at Outback coupons.

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How to Remove Facecons

Facebook has undoubtedly become the most successful and most popular social networking site to date. Unfortunately and despite its success, there are several features and applications that people want but Facebook has either failed to offer or intended not to provide. These include features that allow users to know who viewed their profile (remember Friendster?), dislike buttons and smileys/ emojis or emoticons.*

This is where third party applications come in. Developers provide tools that allow people to use features that are not readily available on Facebook. This is also the reason why people who want to use emoticons download the facecon program. Facecons is a toolbar/ browser add on used for adding emoticons on social networking sites such as Facebook. You can use facecons, for example, to add emoticons to your chat.

Third party applications such as Facecons and Facemoods are being used by Facebook users so they can use the popular emoticons or smileys when chatting on Facebook.

If you are not satisfied with facecons however or you are not comfortable using facecon when chatting on facebook because you are spamming your friends with the " [facecons] i'm using thefacecons.info/fb/ to send cool emoticons" message, you may want to consider to uninstall facecons.

Follow the guide below on how to remove facecons

1. Go to "Control Panel"

2. Click on the add remove programs or Uninstall a program on windows 7

3. Find Facecons on the list of installed progarms

4.Double click on facecons and click on the remove button.

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How to Remove Etype Chat Spam

Etype is an application that auto corrects spellings and acts as a dictionary or thesaurus. It auto corrects or suggests words that you are about to type. This program would have been great if it does not spam your facebook friends with links on the chatbox. Etype is a good software employing bad schemes to make a name for itself.

Etype is displayed in your chatbox as:

Download http://etype1.com/f.php?FrGWiA here

If you click on the link, you will be taken to a download site and if you download and install it, your antivirus software will post an alert for potentially malicious software. This generally happens if your antivirus software is up to date.

After installation, etype will still pester you by posting pop ups and would even make you share etype on facebook in order to get a free upgrade.

Here is what the pop up image looks like



To uninstall etype do the following steps:

1. Go to control panel and click on uninstall programs

2. look for the etype program and click uninstall

3. Restart the your computer

If the etype program does not show on your list do the following:

1. Go to C:Users(user name)AppDataRoamingeTypeeTypeUninstall.exe

2. It will guide you through the uninstall process.

3. Restart your PC.

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Free Ipads in Memory of Steve Jobs

Apple Ipad Giveaway & Steve Jobs
Immediately after the announcement of his passing, people behind survey and phishing scams released deceitful messages about an ipad giveaway in memory of Steve Jobs.

The tech world mourns over Steve Jobs' death after the legendary Apple icon passed away on October 5. Scammers, however, particularly those behind Facebook survey scams did not let this pass. Free ipads in Memory of Steve Jobs immediately spread. This was followed by similar email spam messages and other different scams that bank on "the memory of Steve Jobs".

Bogus offers circulating on Facebook this week include the ones that say Apple is giving away Macbooks in honor of Steve Jobs and those that promise to give away ipads and ipods in memory of the Apple co-founder and CEO: *

Below are just some variations of the misleading messages circulating on the social network:

In Memory of Steve Jobs, Apple has decided to give
away 1000 Limited Edition iPad 2's
ipads4everyone.com
http://bit.ly/restinpeace-steve-jobs

In memory of steve jobs, apple has decided to give away 1000 limited edition ipads

To celebrate the life of their founder, Apple have decided to
give away 1000 Limited Edition iPad's to honour Steve, who
passed away yesterday.

R.I.P Steve Jobs
In memory of Steve, A company is giving out 50 ipads tonight. R.I.P. Steve Jobs http://bit.ly/restinpeace-steve-jobs.

What NOT to Do

Do not click on any link that comes along with these Facebook ipad giveaway hoax  messages as this only takes you to a page where you will either be bombarded with ads or answer surveys. This is not the first time that Apple products have been promised to be given away on Facebook. The Fedex and ipad give away, for example, proved to be another example of bogus offers on Facebook.

Is Apple giving away free ipads? This is not the first time that ipads, iphones and other popular Apple products are being used to lure people to participate in survey scams or give out their personal information. Such official promotions will likely be announced on the company's official website and not through any third party social networks and other websites. So no, there will be no free ipad in memory of Steve Jobs.

With Apple's strong fan base and millions of users of the iphone, ipad, macbook and ipod mourning the loss of Apple's iconic CEO and co founder, more facebook scams taking advantage of Steve Jobs death is not far out. Make sure that you do not fall to this misleading scams. Those who do are at risk of falling to phishing scams (where scammers get your personal information that they can use later on) or waste time answering surveys that reward them nothing.

What to Do when You Receive or See "in memory of Steve Jobs ipad giveaway" on Facebook

1. Report the apple ipad giveaway scam message as spam. To do this, click the pull down arrow image beside the post and select "report story or spam".



2. Share this post on Facebook to warn your friends that this message is just another give-away scam.

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Get a Free $250 Olive Garden Gift Card!

The free 250 olive garden gift card scam
The Free $250 Olive Garden Gift Card is another bogus offer on Facebook. With the promise of giving away an Olive Garden voucher worth $250 dollars, this particular offer lures facebook users to complete surveys (aka reward offers) and repost any of the following messages on their wall:*

I love Olive garden I would love to eat there never in my life have I ate there yet but I do know there line;s be crazy long....now send me my gift card thank u.

Get 2 free olive garden meals for the week!! limited time only!

Get a Free $250 Olive Garden Gift Card!
www.eatafreemeal.com
Get a free $250 olive garden gift card now!

"olive garden is the best"
Two free olive garden vouchers
best.olive-garden-rewards.us
Olive garden is currently giving away dinners for two for a week

This Free $250 Olive Garden Gift Card! facebook scam is just a spinoff of the FREE Southwest Airline Tickets, $100 Pizzahut Gift Card and Facebook's 7th Anniversary t-shirt give aways scams. Do not be misled by this offer. By clicking on the links, you will likely be bombarded by surveys and prompted to provide personal information such as your address, email, phone numbers and birthday which can be used by scammers to spam or scam you.

What to Do

Here are some of the things to remember and do once you see this message posted by one of your facebook friends:

1. Do not repost the message or click on any link of this facebook message promising to give you a free $250 Olive Garden Gift Card.

2. Report the post olive garden facebook scam as spam. To do this, click the dropdown arrow mark beside the Free $250 Olive Garden Gift Card post and click report story or spam.



3. Share this post to your friends and let them know that this particular message is a facebook scam:

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Campalsee: How to Stop Facebook from Sending Campalsee.info Video Chat Spam

What is Campalsee?

Campalsee.info is another one of those links  that redirect to install chatvibes. It is promoted via annoying Facebook video chat spam messages. Once you click on the link and install the exe file that pops out, a browser toolbar/ add on is automatically installed in your computer. The Campalsee Video Chat Spam spreads by automatically sending this message via facebook chat: *

(name), let's video chat on facebook, click here http://www.campalsee.info/lnf10.

How to Stop Sending Campalsee.info Links
1. Make yourself unavailable for chat to temporarily stop your account from spamming with online friends.



2. Remove spammy posts in your wall.


3. Check out the last apps you have used before you started to send out those facebook chat spam messages and remove suspicious apps.

Go to your privacy settings, Apps and websites, edit your settings, Apps you use and then click Remove unwanted or spammy apps.



4. Scan your computer for viruses and malwares and remove chatvibes from your computer (see instruction below).
5. Change your account password.

This is a potentially dangerous software as it may contain spywares and viruses. The best way to prevent this is not to click on the link in the first place. If however you have already clicked or have accidentally installed the program, here is how you can remove and stop your account from sending the http://www.campalsee.info/lnf10 spam messages .

 

Go to Control Panel, and look for the campalsee.info folder. Open, then click uninstall.

Delete campalsee.info from Firefox

1.Go to Tools or press Alt + T

2.Click Add-ons



3.Choose Extensions
4.Find campalsee.ionfo toolbar
5.Remove

Chrome
1. Click on the settings button [top right corner next to the bookmark icon]
2. select tools from the dropdown menu, then select extensions
3. Look for chatvibes and remove it.

To remove campalsee.info from your computer, do the following steps:

1. Go to control panel and click Uninstall Programs
2. Look for the campalsee.info program and click Uninstall.

there are possibilities that the program will not show the list of installed programs. If so do the following:

1. Go to C:/Program Files and look for the campalsee.info folder and delete it directly.

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Facebook Account Confirmation

Apparently, scammers are sending out chat messages advising Facebook users to "confirm" their identity or account by clicking on a particular link or risk having their account suspended or even terminated. Beware of clicking such links because those lead to fake facebook pages.

What do These Fake Facebook Account Confirmation Pages Do?

The landing pages are often deceitfully represented as an official facebook page where users are advised to confirm their facebook account/identity or their facebook account will be disabled or closed within 24 hours.

These pages/links appear to be phishing sites and pages. They solicit usernames and passwords and worse, even credit card numbers supposedly as a means for Facebook users to confirm their accounts.

Beware of giving such information. Once scammers get hold of  your passwords and credit card details, it is least likely that they will not exploit those information.

The link provided by the first message below, for example, appears as a Facebook security page but with a different, non facebook URL that uses a free domain extension cx.cc. The information/ details asked for by the form in this link are also already submitted by you to Facebook and so there is no need for you to re enter your personal information.

Last Warning: Your Facebook account will be turned off because someone has reported you. Please do re-confirm your account security.

WARNING : Your account is reported to have violated the policies that are considered annoying or insulting Facebook users. Until we (http://www.facebook.com/security) system will disable your account within 24 hours if you do not do the reconfirmation.

If you still want to use Facebook, Please confirm your account below:

apps-help-center-confirmation.cx.cc/

Thanks.

The Facebook Team

 

Warning | Your account will be disabled because of abuse

Facebook requires users to register their accounts, as proof of the authenticity of the account.
This is because many people who use false identities in their profile that violates our Terms of Use.

Please confirm within 24 hours if you suspect that this is our fault. If you do not confirm the system will automatically close your facebook account permanently with the presumption that such indication is correct.

Please confirm your facebook account on the link below:

http://apps-system-confirmation-facebook.tk/

Thank you for helping improve our service.

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