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Verkkohuijausten tyypit sosiaalisessa mediassa

2017

Types of online scams in social media. In this thesis, types of online scams in social media are examined first by defining online scams and then applying the principles of them to social media setting. The thesis is a literature review in which it was found that in social media there are similar types of scams than outside of it. These types of scams were phishing scams, scams related to social engineering malware attacks and 419 -scams. There were a couple of scam scenarios that were not detected outside of social media context due to social networking site required as a platform for the scams. These were scams involving impersonation of celebrities or friends, services offering followers…