[IDG] A scam Facebook page offering the site’s users a $1,000 Ikea gift card took in nearly 40,000 victims Friday.It’s the latest example of a new and pernicious trend on the social-networking site as scammers — usually disreputable online marketers trying to earn revenue by generating Web traffic — have flooded Facebook with these fake gift card pages over the past months.
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Scam Facebook page attracts 40,000 victims seeking Ikea gift card
A scam Facebook page offering the site’s users a $1,000 Ikea gift card took in nearly 40,000 victims Friday.