There are two new like scams that are spreading through Facebook, one of which is actual like-jacking, the other which simply prompts users to like and share a page to access restricted content.
The first scam, which is pictured below, teases users with content of a man who should be stoned for doing something horrible to a girl. An image depicting a guy pulling on a woman’s hair who’s on the ground is then displayed. It’s one of those things where you have to look even though you don’t want to know what’s there. As soon as you land on the site which this links to, there is a video player. When you click the video player though, nothing happens. Instead, you only end up creating a feed story which your friends end up seeing.
Simply put, don’t click on this link.
The other scam which is spreading is one that promises the users with more shocking content. In this case, the story states, “OMG! Look what happens when daughter and father meet on chat roulette”. Given that most of us know what content most frequently shows up on the Chatroulette site, it’s not exactly rocket science to figure out what shocking content is on the other site. In this case, there’s no shocking content though, just a page which asks users to like and share it. So far 840,000 people have liked the page.
The bottom line is this: don’t click either of the stories above as not only are they not real, but they could result it you spamming all of your friends.
Thanks to Aidis Dalikas for the tip!
Something helpful I learned on the news:
If you have to perform CPR, and are not sure how, compress the heart using the beat of the song "Staying Alive" by the Bee Gee's! Compress first, and mouth to mouth second….
Very appropriate song, and one I know I won't forget
Comment by Deborah — October 18, 2010 @ 12:33 pm
I can’t believe so many people fall for this stuff. I always google outrageous sounding stuff before I’ll click on it on Facebook.
Comment by Alley — October 18, 2010 @ 2:47 pm
There's also another one, which I saw yesterday, along the lines of "OMG Does this GUYS revenge on his Ex-Girlfriend go too far?" – That's not the exact title, but its very similar so be careful – there's a few going round! This one also has a picture of a blond girl in purple lingerie.
Comment by Jo — October 18, 2010 @ 6:15 pm
Oh my, many frauds is targeting facebook nowadays since the scammers is taking the chance due to massive traffic facebook has. Facebook should do something about this.
Comment by Steve Jobs — October 18, 2010 @ 7:53 pm
oww that is really important , all what i know is that people are making there video titles looking attractive , while in fact we shouldn't watch attractive videos cause that will really make you pay in case it turns out a spam !!
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people will need this !!!!
Comment by Rahul @ MazaKaro — October 19, 2010 @ 3:46 pm
So if you liked it, how do you unlike it?
Comment by francy — October 19, 2010 @ 4:02 pm
I too would like to know this as foolish me clicked the box like a grandma on on AOL for the first time in the nineties. I should sleep more.
Comment by Louis — October 19, 2010 @ 8:42 pm
A FB friend received a nasty msg from 'me' which I didn't send. Cost me his friendship. How do I prevent such a thing in future?
Comment by Harry Rakhraj — October 22, 2010 @ 9:49 am
To "unlike" a page on Facebook. Go to the fan page. Scroll down to the bottom of the left hand sidebar. (No the bottom of the page, just the bottom of the left hand column.) There is an "Unlike" link there that you can click on.
Comment by jared — October 25, 2010 @ 11:53 am
This also happened to a friend of mine. I have received many nasty comments from him . I know he did not send them because he was with me at the times they were sent. How can someone hack into another persons site and do this. He keeps on changing his password. Any ideas?
Comment by Susan — December 29, 2010 @ 6:09 pm
I received a 419 (majority are out of Nigeria and or Africa) scam email via facebook, informing me that I had been identified as a beneficiary of a person who passed away and had the same surname as myself, asking me for my full name, email address, phone number and age. Nowhere is safe from scammers. Take Care!!
Comment by Beth — January 15, 2011 @ 7:05 am
a woman Diane Lee is sending a message about a friend Vicki Kalms who is dying of cancer. In order to get onto the Friends of Vicki Kalms page first you have to be a friend of Diane lee and then LIKE the Friends Of Page. Then you get bombarded with x-mas tree pictures from Diane Lee etc. – Vicki Kalms is NOT on her Friends Of page and on her own page she says her cancer is in remission. Have you heard of this scam? Please advise
Comment by Denise — January 15, 2011 @ 7:06 am