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Ongoing problems with scams being run on Facebook -- including one that pretended be to from a state legislator -- has led to an inquiry by Connecticut's attorney general about how the social networking giant is dealing with fraud on its pages. Just days after Consumer Ally reported that a U.S....

Scammers on Facebook rapidly capitalized on a video supposedly showing a CBS Los Angeles TV reporter having an on-air stroke after the Grammy Awards telecast, using readers' curiosity to push out a piece of badware. Serene Branson created a flurry of web activity on Monday when, during a...

The "truth" about a new Facebook campaign purporting to reveal the "truth" about Coca Cola is this: it's a scam designed to pinch your personal information. The digital security firm Sophos exposed the scam, which begins with the following message making the rounds on Facebook: "I am part of the...