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.

[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.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9175158/Scam_Facebook_page_attracts_40_000_victims_seeking_Ikea_gift_card
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/342617/ikea_gift_card_scam_takes_nearly_40_000_facebook_users

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