Lost all respect for Emma Watson? Facebook clickjacking attack spreads virally

Emma Watson, the actress who plays the part of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, has found herself the subject of a clickjacking scam on Facebook.

Users of the social network have seen messages posted by their online friends claiming to have lost all respect for Emma Watson, after watching a video starring the young actress.

I lost all respect for Emma Watson when I seen this video! Outrageous!

Other versions may read:

i lost all respect for emma watson when i saw this video! outrageous!

If you’re curious enough to click on the link, your browser will be taken to a webpage which pretends to be a YouTube-style video site called FbVideo.

If you’ve got this far, you’ll probably be tempted to click to view the video. However, like the many…

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