Hot on the heels of other recent scams spreading virally across Facebook, we’re now seeing another – this time posing as a link to an alleged shocking video of a girl being attacked by a shark.
Thousands of messages have been posted by Facebook users reading:
OMG The Most Shocking Video Caught On Camera Girl Being Attacked By A Shark
If you click on the link you are taken to a Facebook page which fools you into believing you are about to watch a video. All you need to do (they say) is click on the red button and the blue button.
If you agree to click on the coloured buttons (and I have to wonder why you would) then you are actually being clickjacked – secretly liking and sharing the link with all of your Facebook friends. You’re in good company at least – thousands of other Facebook users have done the same..
And now you’re a fan of that page they’re free to send your updates and messages, and potentially spam you or send you malicious links. What’s worse – you’ve endorsed the page and shared it with your online mates.
All because you wanted to watch a shocking video of a girl being attacked by a shark.
In just the time it’s taken me to write this blog post, some 1000 more people have agreed to “like” this page. I wonder how they would feel if they realised they had been scammed into helping the bad guys spam out their link?
