If you're always on Facebook or Twitter and keep up with the latest funny videos, you may want to think twice before clicking on the next link, image, or video that a friend forwards to you. A recent FBI report indicates that phishing scams are becoming more common on social networking sitesrnthrough a combination of viruses, hacked accounts, and decoy messages.rnThe report, titled "No, Your Social Networking 'Friend' Isn't Really in Trouble Overseas," describes the scam. Messages, which generally masquerade as warnings related to service agreements or other notifications, contain malicious code that covertly installs software on victims' PCs, letting thieves steal account names and passwords. The thieves then use the accounts to distribute messages to friends of the victim, requesting large sums of money and spreading the malicious code even further.
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