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Study Reveals (Sad) Psychology of Facebook Scam Victims

ID: b6a49a92-5dc3-5668-b879-2ff4ce4ab629

STIX ID: report--b6a49a92-5dc3-5668-b879-2ff4ce4ab629

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Date Published: 2014-11-04

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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A Bitdefender two-year study of more than 850,000 Facebook scams in the UK, US and Europe found that nearly half were 'Who Viewed Your Profile' scams, with the rest consisting of fake features, phony giveaways and sexually themed lures; the piece notes these social-engineering tactics sometimes link to malicious browser plugins but offers no technical indicators or incident-specific analysis.

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