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Beware of "98 Percent Can't Watch More Than 15 Seconds" - it is a Fake Facebook Website

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Updated: June 26, 2014 2014-06-26T23:15:24 -
Date: December 8, 2013 2013-12-08T08:52:33

The Facebook post: "98 Percent Can't Watch More Than 15 Seconds" and website "98percent.zxq.net/" are fakes. The website was designed to look like exactly facebook's website to trick persons into believing that they are on www.facebook.com. The Facebook post is then used to lure persons from Facebook to it.

The Fake Facebook Post

If this post shows up on your Facebook Wall or Timeline, report it to Facebook and delete it. Clicking on this post will only take you to the fake Facebook website 98percent.zxq.net.

The Fake Facebook Website www.98percent.zxq.net

Security software makers Websense ThreatSeeker and CLEAN MX classify the website as malicious.

Cybercriminals are always using graphic or some unbelievable pictures to trick curious persons into clicking on a link in order to watch a video. So, be careful when you see things like this posted on your Facebook Wall or Timeline. You may also receive the post above on other social networking websites, in an email message, text message or as a pop-up advertisement.

Clicking on links that take you to malicious websites can infect your computer with a virus, Trojan horse or other malwares by just visiting them, without the need to click on or download anything.

So, be careful of what you click on when browsing the World Wide Web, better known as the internet.

This Facebook scam is similar to the following:

Note: Some of the names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers or other information in samples on this website may have been impersonated or spoofed.

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April 17, 2017 at 11:13 AM by an anonymous user from Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Why are such websites allowed to circulate yet they are failures?
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- April 17, 2017 at 11:33 AM by info
  It is hard to apprehend the scammers and shutdown the websites because they are operating in countries where it is hard to locate them.
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December 29, 2013 at 8:18 AM by an anonymous user from Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
thank you for alerting me.
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