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Cyber
Social Media Age Verification Scams – How They Work
2025-12-20
A good IT Security heads up read for the holidays.
[ScamDetector] Many countries have begun to clamp down on social media and the influence it has on young people. Unfortunately, scammers have been quick to take advantage of different regulations to provide age verification, which turns out to be a ploy to obtain personal information and commit identity theft.

In this article, we’ll be looking at social media age verification scams and how they work.

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