Openmouthed? Facebook users gawp at new incarnation of survey scam

Facebook users are being hit today by a new incarnation of a virally-spreading survey scam that has already claimed many scalps.

You may see messages from your Facebook friends like the following:

LOL !! Me cant believe that you can see who is viewing your profile! I can see the TOP 10 people and I am really OPENMOUTHED that my EX is still checking me every hour. You can also see WH0 CHECKS YOUR PR0FILE here-> [LINK]

Another version reads:

I cant believe that you can see who is viewing your profile! I can see the TOP 10 people and I am really OPENMOUTHED that my EX is still checking me every hour.You can also see WH0 CHECKS YOUR PR0FILE here @ [LINK]

If so, whatever you do, don’t click on the link. If you do make the mistake of clicking you will be asked to authorise a rogue third party application – which demands access to your Facebook profile.

If you give it permission (perhaps in the hope of finding…

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