{"id":2894,"date":"2022-01-28T15:22:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T14:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2022\/01\/28\/bbb-scam-alert-bored-think-twice-before-taking-that-facebook-quiz-wjxt-news4jax\/"},"modified":"2022-01-28T15:22:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T14:22:05","slug":"bbb-scam-alert-bored-think-twice-before-taking-that-facebook-quiz-wjxt-news4jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2022\/01\/28\/bbb-scam-alert-bored-think-twice-before-taking-that-facebook-quiz-wjxt-news4jax\/","title":{"rendered":"BBB Scam Alert: Bored? Think twice before taking that Facebook quiz &#8211; WJXT News4JAX"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfbc967f0983488262956e73eca9483a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3859091246952232\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- blok -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3859091246952232\" data-ad-slot=\"1334354390\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Vic Micolucci and Lauren Verno with the latest news and information, plus weather and other information to prepare you for the day.<br \/>See the complete list<br \/>LIVE<br \/>Better Business Bureau<br \/>Published:\u00a0January 27, 2022, 6:00 AM<br \/>Updated:\u00a0January 27, 2022, 9:28 AM<br \/>Better Business Bureau<br \/>Social media is used as a fun distraction for some people, and taking a Facebook quiz may seem like a harmless way to pass the time. But are you giving away more information than you think?<br \/>The experts at the Better Business Bureau<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/article\/scams\/16992-bbb-scam-alert-bored-think-before-taking-that-facebook-quiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> shared a warning about social media quizzes<\/a> that could be hiding a scam:<br \/><b>How the Scam Works<\/b>:<br \/>A fun quiz pops up on your Facebook feed or another social media platform. A few questions are answered to prove how well you know a friend. Or a short personality test is offered to match with a character from a favorite TV show.<br \/>These quizzes appear to be meaningless, but the intent behind them is to collect information. For example, questions like: \u201cWhat was the first car you owned?\u201d \u201cWhat is your mother\u2019s maiden name?\u201d or \u201cWhat is the name of the street you grew up on?\u201d These are common security questions for insurance, banking and credit card accounts. Sharing this information can lead to accounts being hacked, and personal and financial information being stolen.<br \/>Not all social media quizzes are data collection scams; however, BBB cautions users to be careful about what they share online and to check the privacy settings on the account. Social media data and quiz answers can be used to steal identity or enable a scammer to impersonate you to your friends and family.<br \/><b>Tips to avoid social media scams:<\/b><br \/><b>For more information:<\/b><br \/>See BBB\u2019s article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/article\/news-releases\/22088-bbb-tip-thinking-of-sharing-your-senior-photo-on-facebook-think-twice\">sharing yearbook photos on social media<\/a>.<br \/>For more about social media scams, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/article\/scams\/2012-bbb-scam-alert-imposters-using-facebook-for-grant-scams\">this article about Facebook Messenger cons<\/a> and this about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/article\/news-releases\/20678-scam-alert-think-twice-before-buying-from-these-social-media-ads\">social media advertising<\/a>.<br \/>For consumer tips, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/consumerHQ\">BBB.org\/ConsumerHQ<\/a>. For business tips, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/bizHQ\">BBB.org\/BizHQ<\/a>.<br \/>If you\u2019ve spotted a scam (whether or not you\u2019ve lost money), report it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/ScamTracker\">BBB ScamTracker<\/a>. Your report can help others avoid falling victim to scams.<br \/>Stay up on the latest scams by <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.e2ma.net\/signup\/1900156\/1902645\/\">subscribing to BBB Scam Alerts emails<\/a>.<br \/>Copyright 2022 by WJXT News4Jax &#8211; All rights reserved.<br \/>If you need help with WJXT\u2019s or WCWJ&#x27;s FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801.<br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2022 News4Jax.com is managed by Graham Digital and pubished by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/tech\/2022\/01\/27\/bbb-scam-alert-bored-think-twice-before-taking-that-facebook-quiz\/\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vic Micolucci and Lauren Verno with the latest news and information, plus weather and other information to prepare you for the day.See the complete listLIVEBetter Business BureauPublished:\u00a0January 27, 2022, 6:00 AMUpdated:\u00a0January 27, 2022, 9:28 AMBetter Business BureauSocial media is used as a fun distraction for some people, and taking a Facebook quiz may seem like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow1sXXCw:productID":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}