- Jan 24, 2011
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Criminals and scammers on Facebook aren't resting on their laurels... in fact, they are branching out and using multiple techniques all rolled into one scam.
Tonight's blockbuster spam is taking on several guises. One version is a likejacking attack that spams your wall with the message "Dad walks in on daughter... EMBARRASING!!!" and "This really has to be an awkward moment."
They seem to be quickly rotating through a long list of Google (goo.gl) short URLs to evade detection.
Strangely, it appears that the likejacking protection Facebook introduced last month is not working. At the moment the page has over 49,000 likes and is growing.
A variation of the same scam seemingly aimed at a more international audience pretends to be from BBC News. It is an application using variations of the word news or newz.
More details - link
Tonight's blockbuster spam is taking on several guises. One version is a likejacking attack that spams your wall with the message "Dad walks in on daughter... EMBARRASING!!!" and "This really has to be an awkward moment."
They seem to be quickly rotating through a long list of Google (goo.gl) short URLs to evade detection.
Strangely, it appears that the likejacking protection Facebook introduced last month is not working. At the moment the page has over 49,000 likes and is growing.
A variation of the same scam seemingly aimed at a more international audience pretends to be from BBC News. It is an application using variations of the word news or newz.
More details - link
