{"id":1091,"date":"2022-12-21T06:25:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T06:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2022-12-21T06:39:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T06:39:32","slug":"facebook-links-former-girlfriend-and-scam-weight-loss-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/?p=1091","title":{"rendered":"Facebook links + Former Girlfriend and Scam Weight loss pills"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1091\" class=\"elementor elementor-1091\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8e9edc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8e9edc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-858a52a\" data-id=\"858a52a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de39df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6de39df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I swear I am working hard this close to Christmas!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5ea0eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5ea0eb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-905b614\" data-id=\"905b614\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df2e605 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df2e605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>But I did accidentally check in my Facebook account and saw a suspicious post that I have seen getting around the my feed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74dbb3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74dbb3c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3cd867\" data-id=\"a3cd867\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8d6af4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e8d6af4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam01-824x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1094\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam01-824x1024.jpg 824w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam01-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam01-768x954.jpg 768w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam01.jpg 1045w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a87a21 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a87a21\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7302a0\" data-id=\"f7302a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb71c7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb71c7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have seen posts like this before.\u00a0 A public post with a couple of dozen people tagged in it.\u00a0 In this case; one of the people tagged in the post was my (very nice) former girlfriend.<\/p><p>I have seen variations of posts like this with sunglasses and shoes; but this seems to be a new type that hit my news feed.<\/p><p>But this one intrigued me.\u00a0 The picture looks very convoluted with an image transposed over the other one.\u00a0 If you look carefully you can see tiled floors and other architecture.\u00a0 I am guessing the author did this to throw off image matching software that FB might use to match known scams or copywrite images.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e35ab10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e35ab10\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-055a24f\" data-id=\"055a24f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c40386f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c40386f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Looking down the Rabbit hole<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5f27fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5f27fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84e696c\" data-id=\"84e696c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d2e3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69d2e3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am not a security or a web design expert but decided to check out the website.<\/p><p>I suspect it is a Facebook worm of some sorts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>One thing I didn&#8217;t want to do when investigating the website is either triggering off the worm propagation process and make matters even worse.<\/p><p>As a precaution I opened up the link in on my home computer in an incognito page with <a href=\"https:\/\/noscript.net\/\">Noscript<\/a> running.\u00a0 Last thing I wanted to do was blow up my work computer by opening a malicious link.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c343c04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c343c04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c108ec\" data-id=\"3c108ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-248d3c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"248d3c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here is the website in all its glory:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85f50d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85f50d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da0587d\" data-id=\"da0587d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a95e5db elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a95e5db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam03-1024x796.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1097\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam03-1024x796.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam03-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam03-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam03.jpg 1081w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54f2391 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54f2391\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f91624\" data-id=\"8f91624\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b5c432 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b5c432\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The short link resolved to a fuller domain name and I ran a whois check to find out more.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd82908 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd82908\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2f9659\" data-id=\"b2f9659\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-750a62c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"750a62c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam04-1024x554.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1098\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam04-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam04-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam04-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam04.png 1077w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82c4f52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82c4f52\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5571b40\" data-id=\"5571b40\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d9a552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d9a552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This actually surprised me.\u00a0 Other scam sites that I have checked with whois usually have domain names registered quite recently.<\/p><p>For instance a phishing email I got the other day &#8211; the domain name was only a day old when I looked it up in whois.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1d8fc1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1d8fc1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b69d01f\" data-id=\"b69d01f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a41f642 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a41f642\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Checking out the source code behind the site &#8211; the actual HTML code was very neat and tidy.\u00a0 Nice &#8211; I like well formed code.<\/p><p>Other things I noted:<\/p><ul><li>All the main menu links will jump to a particular spot on the page.\u00a0 This will link off to another website where you can enter in contact details like name, address, phone, credit card number etc.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t go in deeper than this to see the response of putting in fake details as this was out of my depth.<\/li><li>There were Chinese characters in the html comments.\u00a0 This by no means implying that people who write comments in Chinese are dodgy &#8211; but seems a unusual a &#8220;US Today&#8221; website would have foreign language comments in it.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c370c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c370c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d25e0c\" data-id=\"5d25e0c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af7ceb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"af7ceb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam05-1024x390.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1099\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam05-1024x390.png 1024w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam05-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam05-768x293.png 768w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam05.png 1415w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4816a01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4816a01\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac43fd4\" data-id=\"ac43fd4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-426ad09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"426ad09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Image searching<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9903896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9903896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The website was filled with &#8220;Before and After&#8221; images and testimonies on their product.<\/p><p>Using Google Lens I searched some of these images<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1dfa7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1dfa7d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48f446c\" data-id=\"48f446c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfc0212 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfc0212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Our dubious website:<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c913ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6c913ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam06a-1-1024x691.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1102\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam06a-1-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam06a-1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam06a-1-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam06a-1.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5a2098 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5a2098\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f02663\" data-id=\"8f02663\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7220e43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7220e43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Google Lens came up with:<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5bfcc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a5bfcc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam06b-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1101\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam06b-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam06b-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam06b-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam06b-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam06b-520x292.jpg 520w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam06b-610x343.jpg 610w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam06b.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-453a352 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"453a352\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c171071\" data-id=\"c171071\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32badef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32badef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Google Lens found the image on a Dutch city website to a <a href=\"https:\/\/indebuurt.nl\/woerden\/beauty-wellness\/deze-5-mensen-zijn-afgevallen-bij-stein-van-vida-vitaal~56762\/\">nutritional consultant Stein van Vida Vitaal<\/a>.\u00a0 Our subject name has changed from &#8220;Gerald&#8221; to &#8220;Fred&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8110907 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8110907\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8753fa2\" data-id=\"8753fa2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58e0291 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58e0291\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One more check for the end of the day was our &#8220;Before and After&#8221; bikini model photo in the comments:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34cc475 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34cc475\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74f5c10\" data-id=\"74f5c10\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f0cba0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f0cba0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam07-1024x616.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1103\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam07-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam07-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam07-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/craftcookcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/code_fb_scam07.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f1022b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f1022b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fff4e1\" data-id=\"5fff4e1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fa2ba1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fa2ba1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Google Lens returned an Insider article by Emily DiNuzzo about &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/transformation-instagram-photos-negative-body-image-2017-8\">Before and After Body image Photos&#8221;.<\/a><\/p><p>The author of this website actually got the photo off Shutterstock that she referenced (link broken) on the website<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f8f0738 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f8f0738\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95dabb4\" data-id=\"95dabb4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01ae791 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01ae791\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Summary<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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part of it work &#8211; but I am not at that level.<\/p><p>One of the biggest risks to security is the component that sits between the computer keyboard and the chair.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>For all the diving into the code, checking domains and looking up reused images over the past half an hour; the biggest thing that stood out to me is the language in the Facebook post:<\/p><blockquote><p>&#8220;I use it. I didn&#8217;t change my diet or exercise. Photos before and after use&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote><p>It doesn&#8217;t seem right.\u00a0 The post is very vague.\u00a0<\/p><p>What did she use? Why isn&#8217;t there more details?<\/p><p>If she lost a heap of weight; wouldn&#8217;t her language be prouder?\u00a0<\/p><p>More descriptive?<\/p><p>Wouldn&#8217;t she be showing photos of herself instead of some convoluted photo?<\/p><p>Why is my former girlfriend tagged in this post?\u00a0 She&#8217;s doesn&#8217;t have the personality to use questionable diet products.\u00a0 If the poster is her friend &#8211; would she really share something in this manner?\u00a0 If it was for my former girlfriend &#8211; why not send it in a private message or a group chat?<\/p><p>Don&#8217;t make hacker&#8217;s lives easy.\u00a0 Think before you click.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I swear I am working hard this close to Christmas! 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