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#FacebookLockout: Users who report fake/scam accounts locked out

October 16, 2019 0 Comments #facebooklockout, account impersonation, facebook, fake accounts, fake profiles, fraud, id verification, scammers, security check, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:34:58 +0000

Users report bad accounts, got presented with a request to verify ID, couldn’t upload said ID, and got frozen out.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/FKCF-gt07L8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Match knowingly puts people at risk from scammers, FTC charges

September 27, 2019 0 Comments confidence scams, data loss, fake profiles, fraud, FTC, Law & order, lawsuit, match.com, okcupid, online dating, phishing, plenty of fish, Romance Scams, security threats, Social networks, tinder

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:37:48 +0000

Match.com allegedly put users on its free version at risk – by not filtering out communications that it knew were from fake accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qoySkY_s2X8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>