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Jul 15, 2024 · According to Trustwave’s report, the hackers behind this latest round of attacks have taken out thousands of ads for each individual campaign. For instance, the top campaign called “blue-softs ...
- Anthony Spadafora
- The Scam
- The Hack
- The Scammers
- What Can Be Done
Digital marketer Loni Mayse knew something was wrong when ten of the Facebook ad accounts she manages started running $15,000 per day ads for what she describes as a "Santa Clause on a stripper pole" Christmas decoration. "Let's be honest who the fuck wants that?" she said, referring to the product being hawked via ads on a Facebook post describing...
How are these scammers gaining access to all these Facebook ad accounts? It's pretty sneaky. A scammer will reach out to a digital marketer via Facebook Messenger posing as someone looking to hire a Facebook ad campaign manager. After their pitch, they'll send over a project proposal with all the details about the company, budget, and what they're ...
Perhaps the most incredible thing about this scam is that the alleged perpetrators are openly bragging about their success right on Facebook, on what appears to be legitimate profile pages. That's right. It's known who they are, or at least what they go by on Facebook, thanks to sloppiness on their part. "They left way too many breadcrumbs," Mayse ...
Unfortunately, it appears Luan is right. This Facebook ad hack and scam is only getting worse, and it appears like not much is being done about it. For example, Mari Smith, one of the biggest names in the Facebook marketing world, recently sharedthat she fell victim to this very same scam too. There is a history of Facebook-related ad schemes attac...
- Matt Binder
- matt@mashable.com
Sep 6, 2019 · The harsh truth. “The harsh truth is that Facebook doesn’t need to perform technical miracles to target you via weak signals. It’s got much better ways to do so already,” writes Garcia ...
- Senior Writer
Jul 17, 2023 · Here’s how it works. (Image credit: 123RF) A new cybercrime group has been identified by Malwarebytes to be targeting business owners who use Facebook's advertising tools. In a report from the ...
Sep 28, 2023 · Jane Lee, who worked at Facebook on the trust and safety team in 2020, told Vox she saw similar cases out of Southeast Asia during her time at the company. Hackers would run fraudulent ads on ...
- Amanda Florian
Oct 1, 2020 · Once inside a compromised Facebook user's account, the attackers would use the associated payment method to purchase malicious ads, ultimately draining $4 million from victims during their spree ...
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Jun 24, 2020 · This should be enough to put out the immediate fire of actually having a hacker in your account. Step 3: Secure Your Account. Finally, you (or whoever’s account got hacked) will need to secure your account and kick that hacker out for good. Facebook has a process for this. To find it, login and search for “hacked.”.
