Sunday, May 1, 2011

New BBC Video Scam 5-1-11

There is a new scam going around that copies the Justin Bieber scam thats been hitting Facebook the past few days.  
Do not do this it is a scam.
Their even using the same BBC and Picture they were using before with the profile tagging scams.
BBC News - Everyone do check what this Girl did on CAM! 



It leads to a page asking you to verify a simple math problem to "prevent bots from slowing down the site". 
In actuality, it is another clickjack-type scheme in which you are asked to type the answer into a box

It doesn't matter what you type, because it's a social engineering trick. 
What you are actually typing is a comment that is used to share the link with your friends on Facebook. 
You can see the tooltip that says "Add a Comment" in the screenshot.

This bypasses Facebook's recent attempt at detecting likejacking fraud. 
Links you comment on are not using the same mechanisms that Facebook is monitoring when you click "Like".



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