Fraudsters are hijacking Facebook accounts to send bogus “invites” to win an Apple iPad. But the only thing that will earn you is an scam invitation to be harassed by spammers and telemarketers.

Today, I received an invitation to an “Free! iPad! Event!” allegedly from someone in my Facebook friends list.

That Facebook invite links to an external site operated by “Better-Gifts.net”, which in turn is owned by a group called “Worldwide Commerce Associates.” (Google them, and you’ll find scores of similar sites.) These guys make money by rounding up offers from different affiliate marketing programs and selling your information to telemarketers.

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