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Ebay Gift Card Scam Casts Evil Eye
13 February 2012
By Ioana Jelea
Facebook event announcing a $200 Ebay Gift Cards giveaway leads to classic Profile Peekers trap
It?s black magic 2.0., I kid you not! Let?s see how the evil eye tradition fits in with the online socialite?s system of beliefs and expectations.
First off, the question of the gift card announcement. It dawns upon you, just as a mighty revelation. When you least expect it, up goes the post that tells you Company x is giving away y value gift cards. It?s as natural as the Like button, as no company will theoretically refrain from using it as a social media incentive. So, what are you, the prospective beneficiary of this (not so) random act of generosity, supposed to do? Just say no?
Short of knowing somebody who knows somebody who can tell you that company X is actually running such a campaign on your social platform, you?ll just have to take the post at face value. The Oprah audience giveaways have spoilt us all, so who?s to say that there really is a good way of telling the good gift card from the bad one? (okey, you can Google it?but there are so many variants of this baby out there, that doubts will definitely not be cast away).
Indeed the card gift scam has a mesmerizing power, but?as we?re all, hopefully, armed with the seen it all done it all incredulity of online social life, let?s try to dig (not to deep) and find the source of this power.
Detailed information: http://www.malwareci...l-eye-1252.html
13 February 2012
By Ioana Jelea
Facebook event announcing a $200 Ebay Gift Cards giveaway leads to classic Profile Peekers trap
It?s black magic 2.0., I kid you not! Let?s see how the evil eye tradition fits in with the online socialite?s system of beliefs and expectations.
First off, the question of the gift card announcement. It dawns upon you, just as a mighty revelation. When you least expect it, up goes the post that tells you Company x is giving away y value gift cards. It?s as natural as the Like button, as no company will theoretically refrain from using it as a social media incentive. So, what are you, the prospective beneficiary of this (not so) random act of generosity, supposed to do? Just say no?
Short of knowing somebody who knows somebody who can tell you that company X is actually running such a campaign on your social platform, you?ll just have to take the post at face value. The Oprah audience giveaways have spoilt us all, so who?s to say that there really is a good way of telling the good gift card from the bad one? (okey, you can Google it?but there are so many variants of this baby out there, that doubts will definitely not be cast away).
Indeed the card gift scam has a mesmerizing power, but?as we?re all, hopefully, armed with the seen it all done it all incredulity of online social life, let?s try to dig (not to deep) and find the source of this power.
Detailed information: http://www.malwareci...l-eye-1252.html
