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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months ago

Scammers harvesting Facebook photos to stage fake kidnappings, warns FBI | Malwarebytes

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Scammers harvesting Facebook photos to stage fake kidnappings, warns FBI | Malwarebytes

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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months ago

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Scammers harvesting Facebook photos to stage fake kidnappings, warns FBI

www.malwarebytes.com

Family photos pulled from social media are being used as "proof-of-life" in virtual kidnapping scams, the FBI warns.

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That’s terrible… for the real kidnapers.

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