This week, Facebook scams seem to be all over the place. Cell phone accounts are charged $ 5 a week with the “Share” button on Facebook with the new clickjacking scam. The Facebook clickjacking scam emerged a few days following the Facebook dislike button scam. Facebook buttons that don’t really exist, like the likejacking scam last May, are what these scams use. {Facebook users can protect themselves against the growing list of scams by learning how to acknowledge typical red flags|Typical red flags to notice and acknowledge are how Facebook users can keep away from these scams|These scams can easily be avoided if you know which red flags to search for.
Facebook clickjacking
Friends are told to click on the posts, posted to their profile, with the Facebook clickjacking scam. PC World shows how the scam works saying:
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
Facebook users wanted a dislike button making for the Facebook dislike button scam. There is no “dislike” button on Facebook. The “Dislike” button is added to download identity theft spyware to one’s computer. The bogus button appears with a message: “Get the official DISLIKE button now,” followed by a link. An “install” page is where you head next. If there really was a dislike button, it wouldn’t have to be installed. Installing it simply means letting the application run like it needs to. The survey is then filled out, like it is with the Facebook clickjacking scam.
Facebook removed all the fan pages involved in the clickjacking scam. Call your cell phone company if you did the survey. As outlined by Reuters, Facebook users should be looking for different patterns of these scams. Be wise and skeptical about it all. Anyone who is doing something out of the ordinary with their status updates would be a good clue. Pay attention to time elapsed since the status update was written and just how it was delivered. Apps like the “Official Dislike Button” won’t be needed for Facebook to give you something. And scams will always give themselves away by sending users away from Facebook to one more website.
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
