'I can’t believe he is gone': Posts show malicious tagging on the rise again

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'I can’t believe he is gone': Posts show malicious tagging on the rise again
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“Malicious tagging” is a growing Facebook scam in which scammers hack into your friend’s Facebook page and tag you in a post.

Once you click on the post, the hacked account posts a link to what appears to be a video of a fatal traffic accident.In July 2023, WRTV Investigates reported on “malicious tagging.”'Malicious tagging': A growing scam on Facebook At the time, the links said things like “look who died in an accident… I think you know him” or “observe how they are around another spouse.”Clicking on the link could allow the scammers to install malware onto your device.

“Facebook will allow you to log into other platforms through your account so it’s a uniform email password to log in,” said Adamany. “Scammers know that. So by getting into your Facebook, they can have better access to all these other accounts where you have personal information lying around that they can get to steal your identity, get access to your bank accounts.”

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