Two Common Scams On facebook In Nowadays
1: 'Enable Dislike Button' scam spreading on Facebook
Researchers from Sophos have spotted a currently circulating “Enable Dislike Button” Facebook scam.
Upon clicking on the what looks like a recently added genuine Facebook feature, users are exposed to a “Follow the steps below to get the Dislike button” instructions page similar to the one seen in the Osama Execution video scam.
2. See who views your profile
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Another scam is being spammed out across Facebook, tricking users into helping its spread by fooling them into believing they will discover who is secretly viewing their profile.
Using a cartoon image of what appears to be a chimpanzee looking through binoculars,
the messages are being sent from other Facebook users who have already fallen into the trap of clicking on the link and following the scammers' instructions.
the messages are being sent from other Facebook users who have already fallen into the trap of clicking on the link and following the scammers' instructions.
Clicking on the link contained inside the message (which I have obscured in the screen grab below) is a big mistake, as it takes you one step further into the criminals' trap.
WICKED! Now you can see who views your facebook profile.. i saw my top profile stalkers and my EX is still creeping my profile every dayCheckout your PROFILE stalkers
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Now you can see who stalks your profile daily
If you do click on the link you are taken to a third-party webpage which urges you to cut-and-paste some JavaScript code into your web browser's address bar. The page claims that it is your unique code to view your Top 10 Profile Spys - but it's not true at all.
This is a trick being commonly used by scammers at the moment. If you paste their code into your address bar, it will typically pass the message onto other Facebook users - including your online friends. We recently saw it deployed in a Facebook scam offering a "Dislike" button for instance.
Ultimately scams this typically end up with you being taken to a webpage which asks you to complete a survey - and the scammers earn commission for each survey completed.
Yeh i spread around my facebook statues about these saying to people never put Java Script in to you browser url bar and about the dislike button some people need to think about what they click on when they are Online.
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