HOW TO AVOID FACEBOOK SCAMS

HOW TO AVOID FACEBOOK SCAMS

We all know  Facebook is the part of people's daily life. Scammers search through Facebook user accounts and gather information from public 
profiles to send phishing emails so they can gather more secure information such as bank account numbers, credit card numbers and user login and password to other secure sites. Now scammers use applications or games to spread Trojan to user computer and grant access to whole data. 

In this article i gonna tell you about the scams of FACEBOOK and protection

Steps 

1. Avoid clicking on short url's posted in facebook. If you want to click that link, verify it first from the person who posted it.
2. Most of the scams are of the form of some videos. So avoid to click on such video link without verifying.
3. FACEBOOK Video viruses are spread in very huge process,, Never install any kind of Plugins and codes from any other website or if u have already install any of file then scan a file with an online virus scanner.
4. If after clicking on a link, it is asking for some permission for using your profile information as every application ask before use. Be sure to check all the permission whether it is asking for valid permission or not.
5. Try to use less application on facebook.
6. Browse FACEBOOK with HTTPS.
7. Never click on any link on FACEBOOK to download most links on FB is now infected or phishing pages.

Try to avoid applications in facebook, many of applications are not secure and these applications runs on http so if you are using public Wi Fi then you are at risk factor.

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