‘Fortnite’ scams rampant on social media, YouTube: report


The Fortnite logo is seen at the Paris Games Week (PGW), a trade fair for video games in Paris, France, October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

LOS ANGELES: Fortnite free V-Bucks scams are targeting its massive playerbase across social media and malicious web domains, according to a report released by cybersecurity company ZeroFOX. 

More than 53,000 alerts were generated by Fortnite scams, the majority of which were found on social media, according to the Baltimore, Maryland-based company. 

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