This has become a huge story over the weekend. In a nutshell, some company has been setting up fake Facebook 'Class of 2013' groups in an effort to gain admin rights - and direct marketing access - to every student. According to Brad J. Ward, who discovered the scam, College Prowler, a Pittsburgh based company that sells 'college insider guides' has been using unpaid student interns to create the accounts. An Inside Higher Ed article quotes officials from College Prowler coming clean.
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