Facebook users should beware the latest scam doing the rounds on the social network. A so-called opportunity to win free tickets with Southwest Airlines may look like a dream come true, but in fact is an opportunity for scammers to harvest your information.
Naked Security reader Wayne told us that he’d seen the messages being spread from the Facebook account of his daughter and her work colleagues, and further investigation found others users’ accounts being used to spread the scam links.
What’s interesting, as our friends at Facecrooks point out, is that the messages are being spread via comments on other users’ walls rather than as status updates.
Messages include:
sweet! i just got 2 free flight vouchers from Southwest Air to fly to…
Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.
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