That’s perhaps the most improbable caption I’ve still had to write in my computer security vocation, but never mind…
If that’s the case then they might be intrigue by a note that is dispersal virally across the Face book social net claim to be recording of… and how can I put this precisely? I don’t think I can.. Justin Bieber with an erection.
Messages like the following are being seen:
WTF !! I just saw that Justin Bieber got erection in a public interview.lol
Almost certainly not the kind of message you would characteristically click on from your office computer, but maybe a young teeny bopping music fan in your family would find the subject matter tempting to investigate further.
And if they do click on the link they are taken to a Face book page with the meaning “Justin Bieber gets a boner in Public!!!”, and an invitation to “Click to watch” a video.
The pages contain a graphic claim that the application is a “Face book established app” (which seems unlikely given the subject matter).Would young female fans of Justin Bieber be likely to go further – I suspect so.
As is usual in scams like this on Face book, you are then obtainable with a message from Face book ask you to corroborate that you are happy for the third social gathering request to have all sorts of access to your Face book account – counting the ability to post messages to your wall.
This is your last possibility to be levelheaded, and not put your account at risk. Unluckily far too many people are trick by social engineering to give doubtful third party apps like this full reign to mess around with their Face book accounts. If they’re not using the modern day equivalent of David Cassidy to lure users into granting permission, they’re pretending to be new Face book functionality like “Dislike” buttons, or pretending to be free tickets with an airline.
But if you do make the error of clicking further, then you will find that you are not watching a video of Bieber having trouser trouble, but instead being asked to take a survey. Surveys like this generate revenue for the scammers who are behind the application – they earn charge for every survey that is completed. In the background. Meanwhile, the scoundrel application has ill-treated your social networking account dispersal the spam virally via your wall to your Face book friends and family.
It’s only usual that scams like this will carry on for as long as users continue to fall for silly tricks like this, and the scammers continue to find it monetarily rewarding. If you’ve been hit by a scam like this, remove reference to it from your newsfeed, and revoke the right of rogue applications to access your profile via Account/ Privacy Settings/ Applications and Websites.
I’ve made a YouTube video where I show you how to clean-up your Face book account if you were hit by this or similar scams on Face book:
Don’t not remember – if you know young people who use Face book, you should warn them about scams like this and teach them not to trust every link that is placed in front of them.