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Facebook Scam

By: Kate Pabich
kpabich@cbs4qc.com

Think twice before opening an email, even if it says it's from a friend.
That's the word from Iowa's Better Business Bureau.

The most recent scam popping up in peoples inboxes, is coming from their Facebook friends.

Patt Englander with the BBB says hackers gain access to your Facebook and use the personal information to get you to open up malware.

"Obtaining your personal information and finding out who your friends are so they are sending emails to you knowing that it's sent from a friend of yours banking on the fact that you will open it because you know who it's coming from."

Englander says if you get one of these emails, delete it and make sure to also delete it from the recycling bin or trash.