This week, Facebook scams appear to be all over the place. Today Facebook warned users about a new clickjacking scam that milks $ 5 a week from cell phone accounts by exploiting Facebook’s “Share” feature. It seems that Facebook has let the clickjacking scam and dislike scam emerge together. Facebook buttons that don’t really exist, like the likejacking scam last May, are what these scams use. These scams can effortlessly be avoided if you know which red flags to search for. Post resource – Facebook clickjacking joins growing list of social network scams by Personal Money Store.
Facebook clickjacking information
The Facebook clickjacking scam uses the Share feature that posts content to the profile wall where friends are encouraged to click on it. PC World explains:
A user clicks a link to a Facebook page for “10 Funny T-Shirt Fails” for example. Once on the page, a message says Facebook’s new three-step human verification process is required to see the content. On step two, users are asked to click the “Next” button. The Next button is a dummy. Hidden underneath is a real Share button. When users click Next to get to the final step, they actually post that page to their profile wall. Lured to step three, users are asked for personal information to enter a contest. Among other things, the survey asks for a cell phone number. Down in the survey’s fine print it says providing the data tacks an extra $ 5 per week onto the users cell phone bill for a service called “The Awesome Test.”
Facebook also had the dislike button scam
The Facebook dislike button scam emerged because of Facebook user demand. Facebook does not yet have a “Dislike” button. Walletpop reports that the scam involves a bogus “Dislike” button intended to install malicious spyware for identity theft. The bogus button appears with a message: “Get the official DISLIKE button now,” followed by a link. The link leads to a bogus “install” page. Users would automatically get a dislike button if it were real. The users have to allow the application to run to install it. The Facebook clickjacking scam has a survey filled out like the dislike button scam does at this point.
Watch out for Facebook scams
The clickjacking scam on any fan pages meant an automatic removal from Facebook. Anyone who filled out the survey should call their cell phone company. As outlined by Reuters, Facebook users should be looking for different patterns of these scams. Be wise and skeptical over it all. Status updates from individuals that seem odd or out of the ordinary should be ignored. Look at how the update was delivered and written. Messages sent via Facebook don’t need their own apps, like the “Official Dislike Button.”. And scams will always give themselves away by sending users away from Facebook to one more website.
Find more info on this subject
PC World
pcworld.com/article/203546/facebook_warns_of_clickjacking_scam.html?tk=hp_new
Wallet Pop
walletpop.com/blog/2010/08/16/dislike-button-on-facebook-a-scam/
Reuters
reuters.com/article/idUS162937196620100817
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