Scam Sniper: 2/27/11

Friday, March 4, 2011

FarmVille Scam: Your friend has claimed a FREE Rainbow Cow, Get yours now.

FarmVille Players: If you see a post like the one depicted in the example below, in your NEWS FEED, do not click any of the links in it. The message was not posted by the real Facebook/ Zynga FarmVille application.

Example ( Fake Rainbow Cow Message ) SCAM!- Click To Enlarge

Example ( Fake Rainbow Cow - How to Detect it. ) - Click To Enlarge

Scam detected by simply mousing over the links in the message and noticing the

URLS where incorrect in my Browsers Status Area.

Clicking any of the links in the above fake FarmVille message will transfer you to the page below. The offer is not legit and will only cause you to spam the same message to your wall and your friends news feeds. After spamming your friends you will be transferred to a page which claims the Rainbow Cow is locked and that you need to complete an offer to unlock it. This is a Survey Scam and you will gain nothing from participating in it. Avoid it. See examples.

Example ( Fake Rainbow Cow Drop Page ) SCAM!- Click To Enlarge

Example ( Fake Rainbow Cow Prompt to post ) SCAM!- Click To Enlarge

Example ( Fake Rainbow Cow Survey Scam ) SCAM!- Click To Enlarge

Play Hard! Stay Safe! Don't Fall Into The Free Lunch Trap!

Don't Get Caught In The Trap. Learn how to spot fake.

http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/p/free-lunch-trap-for-gamers.html

Damage Control ( For those who have fell victim. )

If you have fell victim to any of these Survey Scams, you need to clean up your facebook profile immediately. You can do this by simply removing the posts made to your wall. This will ensure that you do not continue to assist the scam artist in spreading his ruse to your friends and even further throughout the facebook network. If you've downloaded and installed any programs to your computer as a result of one of these scams, it is advised that you run a full virus scan on your computer immediately. At the link provide below you will find helpful information to assist in these task, if you are not sure what to do..

Stay Virus Free

http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/p/staying-virus-free.html

Test post- Please ignore.. Thank you

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Your Friend Has Some Gold To Share With You. Leprechaun's Cottage Scam.

Example ( Fake Gold to share with you! ) Scam Message

Clicking any of the links in the above fake FarmVille message will transfer you to the page below. The offer is not legit and will only cause you to spam the same message to your wall and your friends news feeds. After spamming your friends you will be transferred to a Bonus Offer page which claims you can earn up to155 farm cash for completing a mission. If you click any part of the image on that page, you will taken to a Survey Scam... See examples..

Example ( Fake Gold to share with you Drop Page)-Click To Enlarge

Example ( You Spamming the Scam Offer to Your Friends )-Click To Enlarge

Example ( The Bogus Bonus Offer Page )

Example ( The Survey Scam )

Play Hard! Stay Safe! Don't Fall Into The Free Lunch Trap!

Don't Get Caught In The Trap. Learn how to spot fake.

http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/p/free-lunch-trap-for-gamers.html

Damage Control ( For those who have fell victim. )

Stay Virus Free

http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/p/staying-virus-free.html

100 Free Facebook Credits Sounds Good, But A Compromised Account Doesn't.

Someone reported a link to me through my Scam report form. They did not give any other details just the link. So, I do not know what the exact delivery method for this particular FB Credits / Phishing scam is. If anyone has more details, please forward them to me at my contact email, which is available on the About Me page of this blog.

After Clicking the link sent to me, I was transferred to a facebook application page which appears to Offer 100 Free Facebook Credits to it's visitors. See example..

Example (100 Free Facebook Credits offer App Drop Page )- Click to Enlarge

This app appears to show users an error message up at the top of the page which states: "Can't retrieve your Account". Right below the error it presents them with a "Facebook Login" button. The strange thing here is that the user is already logged into facebook. The error is not from facebook and is fake. If the user doesn't pay attention to this very fact and clicks the login button, they are then asked to hand over their login information via a pop up prompt which states they will receive 100 free facebook credits for doing so.... See example..

Example (100 Free Facebook Credits offer Phishing Prompt )- Click to Enlarge

In my opinion this might fool quite a few people. The creator of this Phishing Scam even went through the trouble of putting a working comments box on the main screen and the "Forgot Your Password" link into the fake login prompt. The comments in the comments box are more then likely made by the scam artist himself, but may fool unsuspecting users..

I just want to remind everyone You will NEVER receive any FREE facebook credits this way. Never give your facebook login information to ANY facebook app. This is clearly an attempt to steal users login information. Again if anyone comes across the message or messages being use to delivery this scam, please take the time to send them in.. I will add the info to this report..

How to avoid free Facebook Credits Scams.

http://www.facebook.com/ScamSniper?sk=app_4949752878

How To: Spot, Avoid, Report and Recover from Facebook Phishing.

http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-spot-avoid-report-and-recover.html