WASHINGTON POST — July 16 — The combination of young users and
a culture that encourages sharing personal details presents
opportunities for increasingly sophisticated methods to lure
information. The FBI last month warned MySpace users of a phony
bulletin post urging people to click on a link to "check out old school
pictures." A virus seeking financial information recently invaded
Orkut, Google’s social networking site. Sites spoof the MySpace log-in
page. Scammers can look at profiles and use information to better hone
their attack, then craft phony messages that appear to come from
friends to trick people into revealing credit card or cellphone
numbers.
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