I feel compelled to write today to warn others of the rather obnoxious scammers that have started popping up more and more on Facebook. Here is the latest Facebook video scam:
You friend will have some semi-sexual but not too NSFW that you’d get fired video posted in their feed. Being the typical male, and many cases female, you click the video in hopes of catching some glimpse of breast or in the latest case, a woman having an orgasm on a roller coaster (see image 1) .Now, being a pretty internet savvy guy, I like to think my BS meter is pretty well tuned, but I fell for this one hook, line and sinker. It was so perfectly written and presented that I was clicking away before I realized what was going on. So once you click the link, you’ll be taken to a page that looks like image 2.
As noted in the screen shot, this is clearly not YouTube at all, but some phishing web site. Regardless of the URL, if it doesn’t say YouTube, just don’t trust it. The one I saw earlier today had a much better one, not as porno making it harder to initially notice.
If you do fill out the form, expect to have spam posted to your Facebook feed. I’d suggest deleting it ASAP so others don’t fall for this same scam. Lastly, if you do click on the link, you will only be presented with junk offers. That should be the last and biggest tip that this is all just bogus. Do NOT fill out any forms. Go back to Facebook and clean your page up. I’d clear my cache and cookies because who knows what you just got tagged with.
I hope this article helps you avoid dealing with this stuff in the future. Leave comments and pass it around. Help others avoid the scam.
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The plot thickens…
Turns out you don’t just pass around soft core porn, but you are also posting that you’ve recently lost weight and recommend a product too!
