Facebook prosecute spammers offering services three
Facebook has launched a lawsuit against two individuals and a company accused of violating the law and the terms Use the site to promote their products and defraud users spreading malware.
The network said Steven Richter, Jason Swan and Max Bounty Inc. "Facebook used to offer attractive products and services, but nonexistent." It is believed that the defendants forced the users to "send spam to your friends, subscribe automatically to mobile phone services, or share personal information" to participate in fraudulent deals.
This not only violates the terms of use of Facebook, is also a violation of the CAN-SPAM Act, which controls the misleading and unsolicited Internet. Facebook believes that
Steven Richter created more than 40 phishing pages on Facebook that used to earn money between December 2009 and March 2010. Before showing the product that interested users, Richter's redirected to a series of intermediate sites that get paid a fee for visitors. Richter
malware used to drive their advertising campaigns. One of the most popular products invented accounts were offered "Facebook GOLD" for users "select" on Facebook.
Another co-defendant, Jason Swan, set up fake Facebook accounts 27, 13 pages on the site and multiple applications for the network. Swan also earning money by directing visitors to specific web sites. One of the Swan nonexistent services that attracted their victims was the "do not like" supplementing the current button like "Facebook.
Finally, it is believed that the Canadian company Max Bounty Inc. spread spam messages in which falsified the Facebook logo and was passed by the network to convince Internet users to buy prepaid cards from shops, iPads , and other products.
"We pledge to continue to use the law to understand that spammers are not welcome on Facebook."
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