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FB Scam: Girl killed herself, after her dad posted this to her wall?
This article was first posted in September 2010, but continues to receive a high amount of traffic as malicious scammers continue to use the story of a girl killing herself to spread their campaigns across Facebook. The scams use a variety of techniques and variations of the disguises to maximise their chances of tricking people into taking surveys or handing over personal information.
If you click on the link then you are taken to a Facebook page which says you have to like it in order to view the father’s alleged message. In some cases, the page will use clickjacking techniques to trick you into sharing the page as a status update with your online friends. In others it will trick you into granting permission for a third-party application to post to your Facebook wall. But the end result is the same – you’ll be directed to a webpage which asks you to complete a survey.
And that’s what makes money for the scammers who create these pages.
