Olive Garden food photo tagged you on Facebook? It's a viral scam

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Jack

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Have you found yourself tagged in a friend's photo album on Facebook? Are the pictures of food sold at the Olive Garden restaurant chain?

If so, be very careful where you click.
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Messages include:

Olive Garden Restaurant is giving out free dinners for a full month! Pickup yours today !!!
[LINK]


or

Olive Garden is supplying free dinner plates for one month! Pick up your food now!!
[LINK]


or

Olive Garden Restaurant is giving out complementary dinners for a full month!! Get your meals this instant! [LINK]

Unfortunately, Facebook doesn't prevent third-party applications from tagging your friends' names onto photos on your wall - even if there are no people pictured in the photograph! In this way, scammers can spread messages and adverts virally across Facebook with a high level of confidence that your friends will see them.

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