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At first glance, the Facebook group “Oregon History (State)” looks harmless; a place where locals gather to share old photos of logging camps, coastal towns, and vintage streetcars. With tens of thousands of members, it feels like the kind of community where Oregonians really get to connect over their shared past.
A prime example of a shill Facebook group.
These groups (like the above “I Love Oregon“) look like a quaint digital scrapbook. Scroll for two minutes, though, and you’ll start to wonder if the only “history” here is the long tradition of internet scams. Scratch the surface and you’ll find something far more troubling: a phishing
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