Facebook and Twitter allow scammers ‘free rein’
Social-media information mill neglecting to clamp lower on scammers selling people's personal information through their platforms, an analysis from consumer watchdog Which? has proven.
It found 50 profiles, pages and groups on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram offering stolen credit-card details, and Netflix and Uber Eats accounts.
And far from the content had continued to be around the platforms after being reported.
Twitter and facebook stated such activity wasn't tolerated and could be removed.
The analysis, transported out prior to the coronavirus lockdown, found one Facebook publish revealing a Yorkshire man's:
complete name
birth date
address
cell phone number
credit-card number, the three and expiry data
bank name and type code
Based on Which?, the p...