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Clever online fraudsters and con-artists make good use of the like button to attract prospective targets. It works like this: • A fraudster will persuade someone to accept their friend request, perhaps by using an attractive photo. • The fraudster will browse that person’s pages and click the ‘Like’ button under posts or images of their friends. • Some of those friends will be curious about the person who liked their post or image. They might actually invite the fraudster to be their friend. The fraudster can thus attract ‘friends’ who may never even realise that they have been targeted.

Sanity Check Number Twelve:

Have you ever ‘friended’ someone because they ‘liked’ your posts or photos?

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