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  2. Meta takes down thousands of Facebook, Instagram accounts ...

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    Meta said Wednesday that it has taken down about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria running sexual extortion scams and has removed thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to ...

  3. Blessing scam - Wikipedia

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    A New Zealand Police poster warning the public about blessing scams. The blessing scam, also called the ghost scam or jewelry scam, is a confidence trick typically perpetrated against elderly women of Chinese origin. The scam originated in China and Hong Kong and victims have fallen to it worldwide including in Chinatowns and overseas Chinese ...

  4. Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal - Wikipedia

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    Wired, The New York Times, and The Observer reported that the data-set had included information on 50 million Facebook users. [35] [36] While Cambridge Analytica claimed it had only collected 30 million Facebook user profiles, [37] Facebook later confirmed that it actually had data on potentially over 87 million users, [38] with 70.6 million of those people from the United States. [39]

  5. 8 Facebook Marketplace Scams To Watch Out For - AOL

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    Here are common scams on Facebook Marketplace and how you can avoid them. With millions of people using one site, dishonest people will creep in. ... Ask to see multiple photos of the shoes, a ...

  6. Temu - Wikipedia

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    Temu (/ ˈ t iː m uː / ⓘ TEE-moo) is an online marketplace operated by the Chinese e-commerce company PDD Holdings. [8] [9] It offers heavily discounted consumer goods [10] mostly shipped to consumers directly from China.

  7. 8 Facebook Marketplace Scams To Watch Out For - AOL

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    Here are common scams on Facebook Marketplace and how you can avoid them. With millions of people using one site, dishonest people will creep in. ... Ask to see multiple photos of the shoes, a ...

  8. 2018 Hawaii false missile alert - Wikipedia

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    The alert was sent at 8:08 a.m. Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time. [26] People in Hawaii reported seeing the alert on their smartphones. Many screenshots of the push alert were shared on social media platforms, such as Twitter. [27] [28] The alert read, in all capital letters: [29] BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.

  9. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    Scam letter posted within South Africa. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks.The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum.