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Alert: “Who Viewed My Profile” App Hits Facebook Again

November 30, 2010

Want to know who viewed your Facebook profile?

Sorry again. Such apps don’t exist.

Scammers have used different variants of Facebook apps to tap into users’ curiosity about who might be viewing their profile on Facebook.

The latest app using this scheme comes with the message:

“OMG OMG OMG… I cant believe this actually works! Now you really can see who viewed your profile! on [LINK].”

Most users already know the Facebook doesn’t allow such apps according to their policy, and such apps are only scams. But, according to Sophos, more than 60,000 people clicked into the trap in a few hours, which I believed gives enough reason to share this post again with you.

Such application will redirect users to ad-filled pages or trick users into taking up surveys. The app will also start generating several newsfeeds on your wall and trick more people from your network into the scam.

If you have been hit by such scam apps, remove the app and all references to the app from your newsfeed.

If you need help, check out our post on how to remove rouge applications.

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Alert: Scammers Using Justin Bieber To Scam Facebookers

November 6, 2010

Justin Beiber is the new teen sensation that has captured the hearts of millions of young girls around the world. Yes I know that, you know that, and scammers know that.

In a new Facebook scam, scammers are using Justin Bieber as the bait to lure victims with the message that reads:

OH MY GOD!…Justin BIEBER Hits Girl For NO Reason!
OMG! This Is So Badd! >>> [link] <<<

fb justinbieber rougeapp Alert: Scammers Using Justin Bieber To Scam Facebookers

(Source: Sophos)

Most grown ups will know well what it is all about when they see such updates, but tweens and fans of Bieber will not even think before they click the link.

Clicking the link takes the you to a an image of a young woman with a title “Poor Girl Committed Suicide Becuase Of This!” with a big “Click Here” at the bottom left and all this pose like it is from a Fox New Tv report with the channel’s logo.

Clicking through the image, the fox will come out of the sheep’s clothing and request permissions to access your profile information and data any time, send you emails, access your friend lists, and post to your wall.

But, by now the temptation to know more about the incident will be too much for most eleven or twelve-year-olds, who won’t think twice to click on until they get to see what they are trying to see.

Once a user allows the application, they will be presented with a 30-second survey, through which the scammer will earn some revenue. Moreover, while the victim is busy answering the questions to win free gifts and get hold of more information, the app will be busy posting on their wall to lure more people from the victim’s network. One thing to note is, the app will use varied update messages when they post on the wall.

As always, “If you’ve been hit by a scam like this, remove references to it from your newsfeed, revoke the right of rogue applications to access your profile [...] and edit your profile to remove any unauthorised pages from your ‘Likes and interests’,” advises Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at Sophos, who reported on the scam.

If you need help in removing rouge application, check out the articles in our Facebook Help section, and the app you need to remove in this case will be “terrible.”

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