Facebook users are being tricked into clicking on links which claim to be raw CNN footage of the Japanese tsunami by cold-hearted scammers – as part of a plot to earn money by driving web traffic to take online surveys.
Sick-minded scammers are up to their dirty tricks again, trying to make a quick buck out of the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami which has shocked people around the world. This time they promise a video of a whale launched into a building by the power of the tsunami.
FouTube, FbVideo, YoTube.. What are these sites? And why should you be wary of odd video links on Facebook?
Scammers claim Charlie Sheen has died from a cardiac arrest and been taken away in an ambulance. But it’s all a Facebook scam to earn revenue by tricking users into taking surveys.
The latest scam – which innocent Facebook users are being tricked into clicking on – involves a message about Christina Aguilera, who was arrested in an intoxicated state earlier this week.
In the last 24 hours, admirers of Singapore celebrity Fiona Xie have been tempted into clicking on a link which has spread virally via Facebook.
Emma Watson, the actress who plays the part of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, has found herself the subject of a viral clickjacking scam on Facebook.
Clickjacking scammers pose as BBC News report and Cheryl Cole paparazzi pictures to earn money via Facebook.
Happy Meal horror for 6 year old? It’s another Facebook scam spreading virally. Clickjacking technique helps spammers spread “Likes” to their webpages amongst innocent Facebook users.
Read more in my article at Naked Security.
Read more in my article at Naked Security.
The story of a British woman who claims to have slept with 5000 men over the course of the last nine years, has been exploited by Facebook scammers.
Read more in my article at Naked Security.
Read more in my article at Naked Security.
Beware Jessica Alba! She may (or may not) be one of the 101 hottest women in the world – but she is also being used as a lure by Facebook survey scammers.
Read more in my article at Naked Security.