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  2. Scams hide behind viral posts, like a so-called missing child ...

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    The group's blog noted that one scam Facebook post, which garnered thousands of shares, began using the photo of a 9-year-old girl who vanished while riding her bike at a New York campground in ...

  3. There's a viral post about a missing autistic child in ... - AOL

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    A viral Facebook post about a supposedly missing child is a scam. It turned up on July 15, 2024 claiming the child is from Mishawaka, but similar posts claim he's from cities all over the United ...

  4. FACT CHECK: Facebook Post Falsely Claims Disney Has ... - AOL

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    A post shared on Facebook claims Disney has officially bought TikTok. Verdict: False The claim is false and originally stems from a December 7 article published on the satire site “MouseTrap ...

  5. Facebook privacy and copyright hoaxes - Wikipedia

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    The hoax takes the form of a Facebook status that urges others to post the same or a similar status. [2] [3] The hoax first became popular in May and June 2012, but has since re-appeared multiple times, including in November 2012 [3] and again in January [1] and September 2015. [4]

  6. Momo Challenge hoax - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 December 2024. Viral Internet hoax The "Momo Challenge" is a hoax and an internet urban legend that was rumoured to spread through social media and other outlets. It was reported that children and adolescents were being harassed by a user named Momo to perform a series of dangerous tasks including ...

  7. Chain letter - Wikipedia

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    Hoaxes: hoaxes attempt to trick or defraud users. A hoax could be malicious, instructing users to delete a file necessary to the operating system by claiming it is a virus. It could also be a scam that convinces users to spread the letter to other people for a specific reason, or send money or personal information.

  8. Facebook users: Beware this scam - AOL

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    Recently, with Apple's release of the iPhone 7, the focus of many such posts likely were for you, as they were for me, on giveaways of that new, highly-sought-after device; multiple posts telling ...

  9. Social spam - Wikipedia

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    Social spam is unwanted spam content appearing on social networking services, social bookmarking sites, [1] and any website with user-generated content (comments, chat, etc.). .). It can be manifested in many ways, including bulk messages, [2] profanity, insults, hate speech, malicious links, fraudulent reviews, fake friends, and personally identifiable informa