{"id":6262,"date":"2011-12-03T12:26:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T20:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=6262"},"modified":"2011-12-03T12:26:48","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T20:26:48","slug":"facebook-scam-warning-messages-from-friends-may-not-be-all-that-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/facebook-scam-warning-messages-from-friends-may-not-be-all-that-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook scam warning: Messages from &#8216;friends&#8217; may not be all that friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/facebook-scam.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6263\" title=\"facebook scam\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/facebook-scam-300x61.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/facebook-scam-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/facebook-scam.png 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I got this a few days back and since I do not know this person, or if I do I do not remember why.\u00a0 I really do not use facebook all that much.\u00a0 But anyway, my brother got it as well and emailed a scam warning to me, so what the heck, I&#8217;ll post it.<\/div>\n<div>Most people already know how to spot a scam, but just in case, here is a scam I just\u00a0got from Facebook that &#8220;almost&#8221; looked legit and was enticing enough for me to google it just to make sure!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Beware if you receive an email from a &#8220;friend&#8221; of someone that you may know. Makes it seem more legit, but remember that if it seems to good to be true, 99.99% of the time it very well is!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Scam exposed on this website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techfeedlab.com\/internet\/online-scams\/new-apple-iphone-5-free-give-away-on-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.techfeedlab.com\/<wbr>internet\/online-scams\/new-<wbr>apple-iphone-5-free-give-away-<wbr>on-facebook\/<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H3>Related Posts<\/H3><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Ray-Ban Facebook Glasses: Good, Bad, and not quite the AR\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2021\/09\/ray-ban-facebook-glasses-good-bad-and-not-quite-the-ar\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ray-Ban Facebook Glasses: Good, Bad, and not quite the AR<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"WHY would facebook buy Oculus.. 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