Girl’s sexy Facebook video is disguise for survey scam

Earlier this month I wrote about a scam spreading virally on Facebook that posed as a video of a father catching his daughter on a webcam.

A new version of the scam is now spreading with a slightly different disguise. As a lot of people seem to being affected by it (haven’t folks learnt by now about these scams?) it seems worth documenting.

The first thing you will probably see is one of your Facebook friends posting a message like this:

OMG!!!! Girl Caught by Dad While Making Video on Facebook
OMG!!!!! Girl Caught at Home –> <link>

Other versions may say:

OMG!!!!! Girl Caught by Dad While Making a Sexy Webcam Video –> <link>

Clicking on the link isn’t such a wise idea. You’ll be taken to a webpage called “Dad Catches Daughter Making A Sexy Webcam Video”. …

Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.

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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the cybersecurity industry, having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky, or drop him an email.