Like-Jack WARNING: Clicking The Blonde Will Get You Jacked.

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If you see the message below in your news feed, AVOID IT. It is a Like-Jacking Scam.

Example ( New Dumbest Blonde Scam Message)

----Example Message----

Dumbest Blonde in The World!
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Dumbest Blonde in The World!

----Example Message----

If you click the link in this message you will be taken to the Fake Video site below. See Example

Example ( Fake Video Page)- Click To Enlarge

You are shown a video which appears to need you to click the play button for it to run. However, once you click anywhere on the Fake video you will be "LikeJacked" and have the same link you clicked on posted to your facebook wall as one of your likes. This post will then show up in all of your friends feeds, in an attempt to trick them as well. AVOID IT. See example.

Example ( Video Page Like-Jacking)- Click To Enlarge

What Like-Jacking Means.

Like-Jacking is a Facebook-enabled Click-Jacking attack that tricks Facebook users into clicking a hidden "Like Button" on External web pages. Most Facebook users are unaware that a like-jacking has taken place due to the fact the like button is usually hidden behind a fake video play button or some other object on the web page. Users will instinctively click these fake objects thinking they are harmless. Many Facebook users end up leaving the Scam sitting on their wall for days because they never knew it happened. Their friends come along and fall right in to the same trap once they click. AVOID IT. Read and share this with your friends.

Damage Control ( For those who have fallen victim. )

How to Recover From Like-Jacking

If you have fallen victim to a Like-Jacking scam, you need to clean up your facebook profile immediately. You can do this by simply removing the "Like" made to your wall. This will ensure that you do not continue to assist the scam artist in spreading his Like-Jacking ruse to your friends and even further throughout the facebook network. .

How To Remove A Like Message From Your Wall

1. Navigate to your profile wall by clicking the "Profile" link at the top of your facebook home page.
2. Scroll down your profile wall till you locate the like, then click on the little "X" at the top right corner of the message. 
3. Select "Remove And Unlike" from the menu and the message/Like will be removed.

How To Remove A Unwanted like From Your "Liked Pages List"

A few facebook users have complained about the unwanted "Likes" remaining in their "Liked Pages List". This  list is located in your profile info area, in the "Activities and Interests" section, under the "Show Other Pages" link. The problem seems to happen even after following the directions listed above. If this happens to you please follow these direction as well.

1. Navigate to your profile wall by clicking the "Profile" link at the top of your facebook home page.
2. Once on your profile page click "Info" right below your profile picture, then Scroll down to the heading "Activities and Interests" and click the "Edit" link to the right.
3. At the bottom of the Edit Activities and Interests page click the "Show Other Pages" link.
4. The "Other Pages You Like" Dialog Box will open and from there you can scroll through your list of liked pages and remove the ones you don't want by clicking the "Remove Page" Button..

Have You Been Like-Jacked Lately? What It Means and How To Avoid it.

http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/2011/03/have-you-been-like-jacked-lately-what.html

WARNING For FarmVille Players: Avoid The Union Jack Mystery Egg SCAM!

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Note: This Scam Locks Your Web Browser when you visit the drop page.

FarmVille Players: If you see a message 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 Zynga FarmVille application. It is a SCAM and you should avoid it.

Example ( Fake Union Jack Mystery Egg ) 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 page which claims you will receive your Union Jack Mystery Egg if you simply "Like" 3 different facebook pages. This is a false claim. You WILL NOT receive anything. I would advise you to avoid all of the pages involved in this scam. See examples..

Example ( Fake Fake Union Jack Mystery Egg Drop Page)-Click To Enlarge

Example ( Asking you to like 3 pages )-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

Quick: Learn Hot To Spot A FarmVille Fake

Damage Control ( For those who have fallen victim. )

If you have fallen victim to any of these Fake FarmVille Animal 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. 

To Remove The Fake FarmVille Messages From Your Wall:

1. Navigating to your profile wall, then locate the message you want to remove. 
2. Once you've located the message click on the little "X" at the top right corner of the message. 
3. At that point Facebook will offer you a menu. Select "Mark As Spam" from the menu and the message will be removed. If the message is not remove or reappears on your wall simple follow sets 1 & 2 again, but this time chose "Remove Post" to have the message permanently removed. 

Stay Virus Free

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Like-Jack Warning: Avoid The Video Of The New Teacher. You Will Be Like-Jacked.

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If you see the message below in your news feed, AVOID IT. It is a Like-Jacking Scam.

Example ( New Teacher Scam Message)

----Example Message----

VIDEO: New Teacher from behind, omg
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When our new teacher terns towards a blackboard students are go haywire.

----Example Message----

If you click the link in this message you will be taken to the Fake Video site below. See Example

Example ( Fake Video Page)- Click To Enlarge

You are shown a video which appears to need you to click the play button for it to run. However, once you click anywhere on the Fake video you will be "LikeJacked" and have the same link you clicked on posted to your facebook wall as one of your likes. This post will then show up in all of your friends feeds, in an attempt to trick them as well. AVOID IT. See example.

Example ( Video Page Like-Jacking)- Click To Enlarge

What Like-Jacking Means.

Like-Jacking is a Facebook-enabled Click-Jacking attack that tricks Facebook users into clicking a hidden "Like Button" on External web pages. Most Facebook users are unaware that a like-jacking has taken place due to the fact the like button is usually hidden behind a fake video play button or some other object on the web page. Users will instinctively click these fake objects thinking they are harmless. Many Facebook users end up leaving the Scam sitting on their wall for days because they never knew it happened. Their friends come along and fall right in to the same trap once they click. AVOID IT. Read and share this with your friends.

Damage Control ( For those who have fell victim. )

If you have fallen victim to this "Like-Jacking" Scam, you need to clean up your facebook profile immediately. You can do this by simply removing the like made to your wall. Remove the like by navigating to your profile wall, locating the like, then clicking on the little "X" at the top right corner of the message. Select "Remove And Unlike" from the menu and the message/Like will be removed. 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. 

Have You Been Like-Jacked Lately? What It Means and How To Avoid it.

http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/2011/03/have-you-been-like-jacked-lately-what.html

Malicious Like-Jack Warning! A German Like-Jack Leads To Fake Flash Player Plugin.

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Note: Thank you to the Facebook User who reported this malicious Like-Jacking scam..

If you see the message below in your news feed, AVOID IT. It is a malicious Like-Jacking scam which may infect you computer with malware..

Example ( German Like-Jacking Scam Message)-Click To Enlarge

Message Translation:

Girl has locked himself out in the hotel corridor. Naked!

If you click the link in the message you will be taken to a Facebook Application page with a Fake Video on it and immediately prompted to install a Fake Adobe Flash Player Plugin. See Examples

Example ( German Like-Jacking Scam Video Drop page)-Click To Enlarge

Example ( German Like-Jacking Scam Fake Flash Pop up)-Click To Enlarge

At this point if you have run this Fake Adobe plugin I suggest you update your Anti-virus software and perform a full system scan with it. This plug is clearly not from Adobe and will more then likely be used to install malware on your computer. This is not the end of this particular scam however. Once the victim has installed this bogus plugin they are then shown a video which appears to need them to click the play button for it to run. However, once they click anywhere on the Fake video they will be "Like-Jacked" and have the same link they clicked on posted to their facebook wall as one of their likes. This post will then show up in all of their friends feeds, in an attempt to trick them as well. This scam should be AVOIDED at all cost as it is clearly designed to spread malware. See example.

Example ( German Like-Jacking Scam -  Noscript Click-Jack Warning)-Click To Enlarge

Damage Control ( For those who have fallen victim. )

If you have fallen victim to this Like-Jacking/Malware Scam, you need to clean up your facebook profile immediately. You can do this by simply removing the like made to your wall. Remove the like by navigating to your profile wall, locate the like, then clicking on the little "X" at the top right corner of the message. Select "Remove And Unlike" from the menu and the message/Like will be removed. 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. As stated earlier, if you have run the Fake Adobe plugin associated with this particular scam, I suggest you update your Anti-virus software and perform a full system scan with it.

Additional Resources

Have You Been Like-Jacked Lately? What It Means and How To Avoid it.

http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/2011/03/have-you-been-like-jacked-lately-what.html

Staying Virus Free

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

FarmVille Player Warning : Be Sure To Avoid These 8 FAKE FarmVille Animal Offers!!

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FarmVille Players: If you see messages like the ones depicted in the examples below, in your NEWS FEED, do not click any of the links in them. The messages were not posted by the real Zynga FarmVille application and are SCAMS. These offers are not legit and easy to spot as fakes. All of the messages show that they have been post via some version of "Static FBML" and not by FarmVille.

The Fake Animals Offered Are:

1. Free, Red Gypsy Horse
2. Irish Shamrock Unicorn
3. Clydesdale Black Foal
4. Lonely Shorthorn Cow
5. Irish Rainbow Tree
6. lonely Pink Cat
7. lonely Black Sheep
8. lonely Ostrich

Example ( 8 Fake FarmVille Animal Offers ) SCAMS- Click To Enlarge

Clicking any of the links in the above fake FarmVille messages will transfer you to pages which either simply ask you to spam your friends with these fake animals or ask you to like a bunch of other Fake Farmville pages before Spamming your friends with the fake animals. In either event these offers are BOGUS. AVOID THEM. See examples.

Example ( Fake Rainbow Cow Drop Page ) 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 fallen victim to any of these Fake FarmVille Animal 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. 

To Remove The Fake FarmVille Messages From Your Wall:

1. Navigating to your profile wall, then locate the message you want to remove.
2. Once you've located the message click on the little "X" at the top right corner of the message. 
3. At that point Facebook will offer you a menu. Select "Mark As Spam" from the menu and the message will be removed. If the message is not remove or reappears on your wall simple follow sets 1 & 2 again, but this time chose "Remove Post" to have the message permanently removed.

Stay Virus Free

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Survey Scam: Your Friend Just Received FREE GOLD For City Of Wonder.

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City Of Wonder Players: If you receive an Application Request like the one depicted below, AVOID It and tell the friend that sent it to you to stop sending you SCAMS.

Example ( City Of Wonder Free Gold Bars Scam Request ) - Click to Enlarge

If you accept the request you will be transferred to the Application drop page show below.

Example ( City Of Wonder Free Gold Bars App Drop Page ) - Click to Enlarge

At this point you are told to click Connect and then Allow to get some free gold bars for the game. However, if you follow these instructions you will only be leading yourself further down the scam artist's dark tunnel. Once you click anywhere on the above image you be be taken to the "Request For Permission" screen you see below.

Example ( City Of Wonder Free Gold Bars RFP Page ) - Click to Enlarge

As we can see above, the "Application Request For Permission" screen for "COW Offers" prompts users to give it a particular set of permission. With this set of "Permissions" it will be able to do the following:

1. Access to your basic profile information and (Anything ) you have set viewable to (Everyone).

The important thing here is that you stop and look at these application screens. You should not blindly install applications to your facebook profile. Some applications request a whole bunch permissions because once you click allow the app will spam messages to your wall and your friends news feeds, without your knowledge. This particular scam however uses a different approach. Once you click allow on the above screen you are then shown the following page which tells you to "Invite" 25 Friends to receive the Gold Bars. See Below.

Example ( City Of Wonder Free Gold Bars Invite Friends Page ) - Click to Enlarge

I guess at this point the scam artist lost interest in his own scam. He didn't really explain "how to" invite your friends. Maybe he figured people would simply know that clicking anywhere on the above image would open a "Suggest or Invite Your Friends Dialog" like the one below..

Example ( City Of Wonder Free Gold Bars Invite Friends Dialog ) - Click to Enlarge

You are now asked to do the scam artist's job for him. He wants you to manually spam your own friends with a request stating you've received some gold. Odd, you haven't received anything yet and in the next step to this long-winded scam you will see you're not going too. Finally, after spamming your friends, you are told to simple click one more button to claim your FREE GOLD. See Below..

Example ( City Of Wonder Free Gold Bars One Last Step ) - Click to Enlarge

Once you click the "Claim Now" button a new tab or window opens in your web browser and reveals a Survey Scam. See below.

Example ( City Of Wonder Free Gold Bars One Last Step ) - Click to Enlarge

On this page you are shown that you must do a short survey to "Access The Content" you were offered on the first screen of the scam. This is nothing more than a ploy to get you to download a product or do a Survey for which a scammer will be paid. This is not a legitimate process or app and you will Never receive free game currency by jumping through these hoops. It is advised that you AVOID THIS SCAM.

Rogue Applications Explained ( App Spam )

Defined- There are weaknesses in facebook that allow unscrupulous facebook application developers access to your facebook information and to use your facebook account as a means to spread a fake viral messages/ads across facebook. Once you install a rogue app it does not function as promised. It instead mines your data and/or spam’s your wall in an attempt to spread itself to your friends and throughout facebook.

How to Recover After A Rogue Application Install

If you have installed any Rogue Applications within your facebook profile, you may be currently spamming your wall and or your friends News Feeds with the Rogue Applications viral/scam messages. You must remove the messages from your wall by deleting the post and remove the rogue app by uninstalling it from your facebook profile.

How to remove a Rogue Application and it's Spam Messages from your profile:

To Remove The Rogue Applications Messages From Your Wall:

1. Navigating to your profile wall, then locate the message you want to remove.
2. Once you've located the message click on the little "X" at the top right corner of the message. 
3. At that point Facebook will either open a dialog box which will ask you are sure you want to remove the post, or it will offer you a menu. If you get The Dialog Box simply click the "Remove Post" button in the dialog box to remove the message. If you get The Menu simply Select "Remove Post OR Remove Post and Revoke The Publishing Rights of {App Name}" from the menu and the message will be removed.

To Remove The Rogue Application From Your Facebook Profile:

1. From your Facebook home page Click Account, then "Privacy Settings".
2. Then under the heading "Applications, Games, and Websites" click "Edit Settings".
3. To the right of the heading "Applications You Use" Click the "Edit Settings" button.
4. Finally find the rogue application you want to remove in the list and click the "Little X" to the right of it's name. From there Simply follow the facebook prompts to remove the app.

There is a video for the removal process available here:

How to remove post, plus remove and block rogue applications.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O7Fjf1wlx4

Another Japan Tsunami Video Like-Jacking Scam To Avoid.

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If you see the message below in your news feed, AVOID IT.

Example ( Japan Tsunami Scam Message)

----Example Message----

Japan tsunami 2011- Mind blowing video footage!

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Breaking News: Tsunami & Earthquake in Japan 2011 Exclusive Video Footage!

----Example Message----

If you click the link in this message you will be taken to the Fake Video site below. See Example

Example ( Japan Tsunami Scam "FbVideo" Fake Video Page)- Click To Enlarge

You are shown a video which appears to need you to click the play button for it to run. However, once you click anywhere on the Fake video you will be "LikeJacked" and have the same link you clicked on posted to your facebook wall as one of your likes. This post will then show up in all of your friends feeds, in an attempt to trick them into clicking the link like you did. AVOID IT. See example.

Example ( "FouTube" Video Page Like-Jacking)- Click To Enlarge

Damage Control ( For those who have fell victim. )

If you have fallen victim to this "Like-Jacking" Scam, you need to clean up your facebook profile immediately. You can do this by simply removing the like made to your wall. Remove the like by navigating to your profile wall, locating the like, then clicking on the little "X" at the top right corner of the message. Select "Remove And Unlike" from the menu and the message/Like will be removed. 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. 

Have You Been Like-Jacked Lately? What It Means and How To Avoid it.

http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/2011/03/have-you-been-like-jacked-lately-what.html

WARNING For All Facebook Users! Massive German Like-Jacking Campaign.

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Note: Thank you to the Facebook User who reported this massive Scam Campaign..

If you see any of the messages below in your news feed, AVOID THEM. They are Like-Jacking Scams.

Example ( 11 German Like-Jacking Scam Messages)-Click To Enlarge

If you click the links in these messages you will be taken to the Fake Video site below. See Example

Example ( 11 German Like-Jacking Scams Video Page)- Click To Enlarge

You are shown a video which appears to need you to click the play button for it to run. However, once you click anywhere on the Fake video you will be "LikeJacked" and have the same link you clicked on posted to your facebook wall as one of your likes. This post will then show up in all of your friends feeds, in an attempt to trick them into clicking the link like you did. AVOID IT. See example.

Example ( German Video Page Like-Jacking Warning )- Click To Enlarge

Damage Control ( For those who have fallen victim. )

If you have fallen victim to any of these Like-Jacking Scams, you need to clean up your facebook profile immediately. You can do this by simply removing the like made to your wall. Remove the like by navigating to your profile wall, locate the like, then clicking on the little "X" at the top right corner of the message. Select "Remove And Unlike" from the menu and the message/Like will be removed. 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. 

Have You Been Like-Jacked Lately? What It Means and How To Avoid it.
http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/2011/03/have-you-been-like-jacked-lately-what.html