Feb 21, 2017
Facebook deletes fake child-cancer posts account
The posts claimed Facebook would donate money for surgery if users "Liked" them or left comments. The US-based company initially only removed the posts featuring Jasper before it decided to close the associated accounts completely. The accounts had also featured posts with identical text that showed images of other children. Other posts from the accounts showed images of children in hospital claiming that viewers would experience years of bad luck if they scrolled down without liking and sharing. One security blogger said it appeared to be have been a case of "Link farming", in which scammers seek to make people interact with a Facebook post so they can either direct further messages to them or sell on the profile and all its contacts.
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