Scam Signature Message: OMG ! FACEBOOK DELETING all fake profiles at march 26th..please verify your account asap..iverified successfully at: 😀 😀 Scam Type: Survey Scam – Rogue Application Trending: March 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Once you click on the Wall Post link, you are taken to the following page: If you agree to install…

Trying to ban teenagers from Facebook is an exercise in futility, which is exactly why Facebook has decided to lower its age restriction to 13 years old. It’s a reasonable enough decision, all things considered, but the problem is that many underage users still manage to seep through the cracks despite Facebook’s efforts to not…

Scam Signature Message: Hows it going [name], Outback Restaurant is giving away free dinner plates for a whole month! Pickup your dinners dont wait!! [goo.gl] *Please note: this scam is being spread by the rogue application making comments on a friend’s link, photo, status update, etc. This could be especially dangerous since many people might…

Facebook is certainly taking liberties with the nonstop upgrades on its features. It seems as if every day, we find something new, or something that has been changed. This time, Facebook has expanded on its Places feature, making it widely available in countries such as Bulgaria, Brazil, Egypt, India, Israel, Philippines, and South Africa. This…

Scam Signature Message: haha check this out!!! Find out what your face will look like 30 years from now @ bit.ly This message appears in both Facebook Chat and user News Feeds! Scam Type: Chat-Jacking – Rogue Application – Survey Scam Trending: March 2011 Why it’s a Scam: When you click on the bit.ly link…

A rogue application is a Facebook application developed by someone with fraudulent or deceitful intentions. The application often doesn’t perform its stated objectives. They are designed to obtain account information of the user, and they can be used to spread spam, scams or other malware to friends of the infected account. Typical examples are: Profile…

Facebook Scams Profiled this Week: Haha wow, have you seen this pic you were tagged in yet? LOL The 13 Biggest Marriage Proposal FAILS Ever! 😀 GRAPHIC VIDEO.. Japans Tsunami Sends WHALE Smashing Into A Building! This girl killed herself after her FATHER posted this message on her wall This Union Jack Mystery Egg is…

Scam Signature Message: haha wow, have you seen this pic you were tagged in yet? LOL Alternate Message(s): hey i photoshopped u…check this link out “hey you look so young in this picture!” Hey, I just made a photoshop of you funny, have you seen this pic you are tagged in! wow lmao OMG Did…

Scam Signature Message: The 13 Biggest Marriage Proposal FAILS Ever! 😀 Scam Type: Click-Jacking, Like-Jacking, Survey Scam Trending: March 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Once you click on the Wall Post link, you are taken to the following page: Clicking play anywhere on the page will “click-jack and like-jack” your account, and you will be…

Scam Signature Message: GRAPHIC VIDEO.. Japans Tsunami Sends WHALE Smashing Into A Building! Scam Type: Click-Jacking, Like-Jacking, Survey Scam – Malware Trending: March 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Once you click on the Wall Post link, you are taken to the following page: Clicking play anywhere on the page will “click-jack and like-jack” your account,…

Sites such as Facebook and Google are pushing us further and further into the much dreaded goldfish bowl universe where privacy is nothing but a myth, but the EU has decided that they are going to take a tough stance on proper data protection. European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has unveiled new legislation that would…

A rogue application is a Facebook application developed by someone with fraudulent or deceitful intentions. The application often doesn’t perform its stated objectives. It is designed to obtain account information of the user, and it can be used to spread spam, scams or other malware virally across Facebook. The best way to guard against rogue…