Bitcoin Scammers Impersonate $55M Lottery Winner with Fake Facebook Accounts

2023-4-10 22:43

Sidney lottery winner Scott Gurney is cautioning the public not to send him Bitcoin, as multiple fake Facebook accounts have emerged using his identity to scam people out of their money

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Jacinda Arden, Prime Minister of New Zealand has had her face used by a fake news site in order to promote articles aimed at Facebook to encourage a crypto startup. A local media source, ‘Stuff’ reported on Friday that multiple sponsored posts have recently been promoted on Facebook by using the likeness of the New Zealand PM with headlines such as New Investment Plan For Kiwis which were targeted at several different age groups around the country.

2018-10-12 16:30
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Facebook removed 800 pages and accounts for spreading fake news

In a move to fight fake news, Facebook yesterday said it deleted more than 800 pages and accounts. The company claims it removed 559 pages and 251 accounts for spreading disinformation, political spam, and inauthentic activity.

2018-10-12 12:34	Insider
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Fake News Site Used New Zealand Prime Minister to Pump Bitcoin Startup

A fake news site used images of New Zealand's prime minister in sponsored posts on Facebook to promote a bitcoin firm.

2018-10-12 11:20	Facebook
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Fake Facebook Bitcoin Ads Making People Suicidal

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2018-10-4 15:30	Facebook
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Word on the Street: Goldman cries 'fake news' and Facebook 'blockchain'

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2018-9-8 04:33
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Social media is the source of the Infowars problem, not the solution

The swirling maelstrom of fake news and absurd conspiracy theories that’s surrounded the ongoing Infowars mess has perplexed today’s leading social media platforms like no other, and major companies like Twitter are still struggling to formulate a game plan for handling these situations in the future.

2018-9-1 19:30	Contributors
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Op Ed: DApps Can Increase Audience Engagement for Creators and Influencers

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2018-9-4 21:43	Op-ed
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Facebook implements trust scoring for all users

Facebook revealed this week it’s trying to stem the flow of fake news by assigning trust values to users. It insists on keeping its criteria for trustworthiness secret though, in case untrustworthy people try to game the system — and they almost certainly will.

2018-8-21 20:17	Facebook
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Twitter should try a new approach to tackling misinformation already

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2018-8-20 10:23	#twitter
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Scam victims warn fake accounts will ruin Facebook’s dating site

Two well-meaning Facebook vigilantes are in a battle against scam accounts, and Facebook‘s response seems to be “Yeah, good job. Now keep doing it. ” Kathy Kostrub-Waters and Bryan Denny are spending some of their precious free time finding fake accounts on the site — not the kind created by Russian trolls during the fake news blitz a few years ago, but the kind that use stolen photos to convince lonely hearts to send money to people they’ve never met.

2018-8-16 21:24	Facebook
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5 Decentralized Social Media Sites To Help #DeleteFacebook

If data is the new oil, Facebook is the modern version of the Exxon Valdez. Fake news is big business, and it’s easy for central actors to use and abuse their users. Corporate astroturfers will pay handsomely for a well-used Reddit account or social media mention.

2018-8-15 17:47
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Activists aren’t happy after Facebook removes phony protest rally

Activists are in an uproar after Facebook removed an event in its recent crackdown on “inauthentic content. ” In spite of the fact the event in question was created by a page which generates said inauthentic content, the would-be attendees say they were planning to go and Facebook‘s deletion of the event undoes all of their planning.

2018-8-4 02:31	Facebook
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Facebook uncovers yet another fake news campaign

Facebook today revealed that, just in time for the American midterm elections, it’s uncovered a new spate of fake news pages guilty of “coordinated inauthentic behavior. ” In total, Facebook identified 8 pages, 17 profiles, and 7 Instagram accounts involved in this suspicious behavior.

2018-7-31 22:52	Facebook
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YouTube offers an imperfect solution to Facebook’s Alex Jones problem

Beleaguered Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg caused quite a stir last week in an interview with Recode’s Kara Swisher. In their 90 minute talk, Zuckerberg and Swisher discussed Facebook‘s wild ride the past two years, including his thoughts on fake news and what the company was doing to prevent its spread.

2018-7-26 03:02	Opinion
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The internet has become information chaos

A simple search on Google or a scroll through Facebook will reveal hundreds of contrasting posts and articles about any subject imaginable. The internet has become cluttered with too many opinions and an overload of information.

2018-7-18 22:18	Contributors
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It's Europe versus US big tech in the fight for truth in data

Europe’s competition commissioner has beaten up Google for rigging search results, introduced the right to be forgotten, told Facebook to stop spreading fake news and smashed Apple with multi-billion dollar fines for tax dodging.

2018-6-17 21:07
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Bitcoin Scammers Impersonate $55M Lottery Winner with Fake Facebook Accounts

2023-4-10 22:43

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fake facebook → Результатов: 88

New Zealand PM Used As Pawn In Fake News Site

2018-10-12 16:30

Facebook removed 800 pages and accounts for spreading fake news

2018-10-12 12:34

Fake News Site Used New Zealand Prime Minister to Pump Bitcoin Startup

2018-10-12 11:20

Fake Facebook Bitcoin Ads Making People Suicidal

2018-10-4 15:30

Word on the Street: Goldman cries 'fake news' and Facebook 'blockchain'

2018-9-8 04:33

Social media is the source of the Infowars problem, not the solution

2018-9-1 19:30

Op Ed: DApps Can Increase Audience Engagement for Creators and Influencers

2018-9-4 21:43

Facebook implements trust scoring for all users

2018-8-21 20:17

Twitter should try a new approach to tackling misinformation already

2018-8-20 10:23

Scam victims warn fake accounts will ruin Facebook’s dating site

2018-8-16 21:24

5 Decentralized Social Media Sites To Help #DeleteFacebook

2018-8-15 17:47

Activists aren’t happy after Facebook removes phony protest rally

2018-8-4 02:31

Facebook uncovers yet another fake news campaign

2018-7-31 22:52

YouTube offers an imperfect solution to Facebook’s Alex Jones problem

2018-7-26 03:02

The internet has become information chaos

2018-7-18 22:18

It's Europe versus US big tech in the fight for truth in data

2018-6-17 21:07

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