So your sitting there on FaceBook and you see a video that catches your eye. You think, "Wow! I really want to watch that it looks interesting!" You click play on the video but it takes you to another website that tells you, you need to share it before you can watch it! RED FLAG! Don't do anything! Except click out of the window! Most videos in facebook will play automatically or after you click play and it will play right in the feed or open a "theatre" (the black pop out [not up]) to play it. This is on the computer and on smart phones.
Second, I like to "like" news channel pages on facebook. Reason is because a friend might "post" a link to a news story about a crazy ass thing that happened. Usually something that would make big news. BUT the news did not report about it! You click that link without checking the news channel posts and suddenly your account has been compromised and "your" spamming like crazy. "Posting" all kinds of stuff that you normally wouldn't. Long story short here, if it sounds too good to true, it's not true.
I have also seen numerous of my friends post about a job with all kinds of links and what was funny was that all my friends that posted about this "job" said the same thing when recommending it. That's odd? Basically it was another compromising technique that a hacker used to spam with others accounts.
Keep your eyes open and pay attention. I basically realized that any links that don't look like normal links (example http://www.blahblahblah.com) is bull. EXCEPT when a news channel posts a link to read their story on their site.
Anything else I come across I will put on this post. via **edit** Stay Safe!!
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