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A long-running hoax warns readers not to allow contact from a particular person or group because dire consequences will result. The basic form of these hoax warnings is typically drawn from the following template: One recent example reads: Variants of these messages are circulated endlessly, with different names swapped in and out (see more examples below). Another warns of account cloning. Of course, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that an email message or a link posted on Facebook might carry a virus payload which could infect your computer and allow it be controlled by a botnet, but virus warnings that correspond to the patterns detailed below can be safely dismissed as japes, while other, greater security issues should remain on our radar. Additional examples:
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