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Nigerian Scammers Need Friends Too
It seems that no place is sacred when it comes to the notorious Nigerian email scammers, as now it appears they have infilitrated Facebook with their fraud tactics.
Normally in Facebook you only receive emails from friends, but social networks are being targeted more and more by scammers, and the Nigerian email scam is just one more reason why you need to be careful with whom you accept as friend. Not only that, Facebook accounts can be compromised, and your information can be taken and stored, shared and spread around the Net quicker than it takes to type LOL.
These virtual con artists are also posing as your friends. One Facebook friend reported that their friend’s mother asked them to send $2,000 to the UK to pay for an emergency flight because her credit cards had been frozen. While the friend was ready to help a friend in need, she first decided to call the woman in England first to get more information, only to find out that there was no flight emergency. The mother’s Facebook account had been compromised and the scammer had sent messages to the entire friends list trying to get money.
People are vulnerable enough on the Internet as it is, but with more and more fraud and illicit activities becoming prevalent, you don’t even know if you can trust your Facebook friends anymore, if they really are your friends.
