I have been friends on Snapchat with my boyfriend for 3 years. Why today did I get a message on Snapchat from him saying... his user name Gijoejoe has sent me a message on Snapchat. To view it click on the link and there was a Snapchat link just below it. When I clicked on the link, it said Install or Upgrade Snapchat. Since I already have Snapchat installed, I selected Upgrade. It upgraded and I still saw no message. Why did this happen? It seems weird. Does anyone know why? He is already my friend! Why would I have to install a link to view my boyfriend's message? I can already see it in my chat window as he is my friend. Thanks. It is driving me crazy. He said he didn't send me anything like that. :(
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Welcome to the internet. Scam artists send messages that appear to be from familiar sources, but they ask you to log in or upgrade or some other strange request. They get personal information that you didn't want them to have, or maybe you get a "trojan horse" program on your computer.
Go to https://www.safer-networking.org and download Spybot Search And Destroy. Run it once a week or so.
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