One of the major stories of the week was the massive Facebook outage that occurred on Thursday. Robert Johnson, a senior engineer with Facebook stated that it was the worst such outage the site has experienced in over four years. Apparently, the reason for the outage was due to a software issue and its error…
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Title: England football sex cheat Facebook scam Scam Signature Message(s): omg.. thats disgusting ! she looks about 13! OMG.. This England Football Player Got CAUGHT F**KING A UNDERAGE PROSTITUTE! (PHOTOS) You Must See This It Is SHOCKING!… OMG You Must See This Shocking Photos! Scam Link: hidden Scam Type: Survey Scam Trending: August 2010 Why…
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Title: Mother Went to Jail for Taking This pic of her son Facebook Scam Scam Name: Mother Went to Jail for Taking This pic of her son Facebook ScamScam Signature Message: “OMG!! Guys, you have to see this: This mother went to jail for taking this pic of her son!” Scam Link: Deactivated Scam Type:…
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Title: Justin Bieber’s Cellphone Number Scam Scam Name: Justin Bieber’s Cellphone Number Scam Scam Signature Message: “OMG!! Justin Biebers Ex GIRLFRIEND just RELEASED his new CELL PHONE NUMBER!!” Scam Link: OMG! Justin Bieber’s EX girlfriend RELEASED His Phone Number Facebook Fanpage [now deactivated] Scam Type: Survey and Mobile Subscription Scam Trending: July 2010 Why it’s…
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Scam Name: Justin Bieber Trying to Flirt Scam Signature Message(s): OMG Justin Bieber trying to flirt, check it out Scam Link: tiny.cc link Scam Type: Rogue Application Trending: August 12, 2010 Why it’s a Scam: The application requests permission to access your profile. Once permission is granted the application can publish items to your Wall…
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Scam Name: Anaconda coughs up a hippo Scam Signature Message(s): OMG, this is the biggest and scariest snake I have ever seen, check out this video or SHOCKING! Anaconda Coughs Up An Entire Hippo! Horrifying snake killed a huge hippo! SHOCKING! Video Scam Link: tiny.cc link Scam Type: Rogue Application Trending: August 10, 2010 Why…
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Scam Name: World’s Worst Mcdonalds Customer Scam Signature Message: OMG the worlds worst mcdonalds customer (shocking video must see) Scam Link: http://apps.facebook.com/themaccdys Scam Type: Malware / Spyware infested links Trending: August 9, 2010 Why it’s a Scam: The application prompts users to grant the application with the ability to automatically post to their walls. How…
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A novel scam that has hit Facebook is one that draws users into registering for new mobile services and spamming the people they known by showing a profile list. It even instructs users into disabling ad-blocking programs. Everything begins with a generously worded message form one of the victims “OMG IMG, OMG… I can’t believe…
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