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Phishing scammers want to take control of your Facebook account. Here’s what you need to know to avoid getting caught by Facebook phishing scams.

Article circulating online and via email tells the horrifying story of an experiment conducted by Russian researchers during the 1940s in which five prisoners were kept awake in a sealed environment for 15 days.

Circulating protest message features an image of a dead elephant, still with food in its mouth, with a family of hunters posing behind the body.

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Message claims that attached photographs show a new speed control tactic that consists of laying very realistic looking fake pothole stickers on the roadway.

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A viral Facebook message, which features an image depicting a baby mouthing a handgun while laying on his or her mother’s lap, asks people to share the picture in the hope that the mother can be exposed and dealt with by the police.

Circulating message tells the tale of a newly appointed pastor who posed as a homeless man before meeting his congregation for the first time.

Some people who have lost money via advance fee scams can become increasingly desperate.