Ticket scammers stalk your comments on social media

Written By kerry tomlinson

Image: Cyber Giraffe & Ampyx News

Your comments on social media can mark you as a target for scammers.

They're searching online for someone they can social engineer, or manipulate, into giving them what they want.

In the past, they've targeted people complaining about PayPal. Now, in this case, they're focusing on people who want a ticket to a big event.

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Story originally published on September 27, 2022.

See print version here at Ampyx News (formerly called Ampere News).

 

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