Spam Message: Just 14 years Old drunk girl did this infront of all Public Scam Type: Rogue Browser Extension Trending: July 2013 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking on the link shown above takes you to the following landing page: Clicking the play button directs you to the scam page where it appears that you need…

Scam Message: Who Viewed Your Profile – Introducing the new “Who Viewed Your Profile” feature on facebook! The scam creators cleverly import the profile pictures of the user’s Facebook friends to make the scam appear more legitimate. Scam Type: Profile Viewer, Rogue Browser Extension Trending: March 2013 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the scam link…

Scam Message: To celebrate the winter, we are giving away boots to all facebook users!! Register now –> Scam Type: Rogue Browser Extension, Tag-Jacking, Rogue Facebook Application Trending: January 2013 Why it’s a Scam: There appears to be several variations of this scam circulating on Facebook at the moment. We have seen some bit.ly links…

Scam Message: [Video] – Look what this girl wore at the beach in front of thousands of people! Scam Type: Rogue Browser Extension, Like-Jacking Trending: October 2012 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the wall post link takes you to the following page: If you click the play button, you’ll be taken to the page shown below…

Spam Message: [VIDEO] Giant Snake EATS MAN WHOLE! Watch as this zookeeper gets swallowed WHOLE by a giant anaconda. You will never believe this video! Scam Type: Rogue Browser Extension Trending: August 2012 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the wall post link takes you to the following page: If you ‘Click Here to Activate Plugin’ you…

Spam Message: Enable Dislike Button Add Dislike Button (sent as a Facebook notification or message) Scam Type: Rogue Application, Rogue Browser Extension Trending: June  2012 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the spam link takes you to the following page: Clicking the “Enable Dislike” button loads the following application login screen: If you choose to “Log…

Spam Message: Remove My Timeline Scam Type: Rogue Application, Rogue Browser Extension Trending: May 2012 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the wall post link takes you to the following page: There are a couple of issues we have with this page. The biggest one is the outright lie that this is “the only truly working solution…

There are several scams making their way around Facebook at the moment. Many of the ones now active are recycled versions of scams we have seen before. Most of them are using rogue Facebook applications or browser extensions to spread from user to user and a good many of the scams present a survey scam…

Scam Signature Messages: THIS WEEK ONLY! $100 Applebee’s Gift Card Giveaway! Trending: January 2012 Scam Type: Malware, Rogue Plugin Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the link on the Facebook wall post takes you to the following page designed to look like Facebook: The scammers are hoping that users will think this is a Facebook promotion.…

Lately, we have noticed an alarming trend in how Facebook scams are being spread among users. Scammers will exploit every method and medium to disseminate their malware and mayhem. We have seen like-jacking, click-jacking & tag-jacking attacks, rogue applications, the abuse of Facebook messages and chat, browser exploits…you name it. The last couple of scams…