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FBI: No, Your Social Networking ‘Friend’ Isn’t Really in Trouble Overseas

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), there has been an increase in the number of hijacked social networking accounts reported to www.ic3.gov.

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One of the more popular scams involves online criminals planting malicious software and code onto to victim computers. It starts by someone opening a spam e-mail, sometimes from another hijacked friend’s account.

When opened, the spam allows the cyber intruders to steal passwords for any account on the…

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