ALERT: Profile Spy Is Scamming Facebook Users Again

We’ve previously written about Profile Spy, a fake application which claims to let users view who has viewed their Facebook profile. As we wrote in the past, the application is not legitimate at all. Instead, the creators of this scam attempt to convince users to share the information multiple times on their profile and around Facebook before downloading the application. The users are then asked to complete a number of surveys and register for a mobile service that will charge you $19.99 each month. Do not complete this scam, instead share this article and let your friends know of the scam.

Right now there are hundreds of thousands of users that have tried this scam and it appears to be a wide scale attack. Where is the scam coming from? All of these sites and Facebook Pages are misleading users:

This scam could have already reached millions of users as the size of the scam has continued to increase in reach over the past 72 hours. Beware, this is a complete scam and you will not be able to view who visited your profile. Instead, in the worst case you’ll end up spreading the false information and end up losing your money. Share this article with your friends to keep them safe by clicking the share button above or the like button below. Thanks to AVG for pointing this out. If you see the following message, remember, it’s a scam:

OMG OMG OMG… I can’t believe this actually works! Now you really can see who views your profile!!! WOAH –>

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You don't say how to get out of the scam. There is not an unlike button on the page.

Comment by lisa_r_cain — July 26, 2010 @ 4:46 am
Excellent warning. Have shared it. Thanks.

Comment by David — July 26, 2010 @ 5:29 am
This isn't a scam. For it to be a scam, people with brains would need to be involved. Anyone who believed this was legitimate and actually signed up to a 20 dollar subscription is a complete moron who deserves everything they get for being STUPID.

Comment by Steve — July 26, 2010 @ 6:35 am
^^^^LOL @ Steve ^^^^^

Comment by ren — July 26, 2010 @ 8:16 am
I tried it bur never got past the first step. I was curious but def wouldn't pay for it. It's clearly a scam. I'm surprised anyone would actually pay for it

Comment by Alexi Schumier — July 26, 2010 @ 8:40 am
NO one deserves to be scammed at anytime…People work hard for their money and deserve to be protected by idiots who make fake pages, Leading consumers into something false is criminal its a crime and they should pay for it too~

Comment by LadyLinda — July 26, 2010 @ 10:07 am
Another page for Profile Spy (slightly different sign up process) http://fbviewer.info/

Comment by Bryan — July 26, 2010 @ 11:13 am
B;ame FB for ALLOWING these idiots to make fake pages in the first damn place. The site engineers are too stupid to put protocols in place to verify user identities. Pages should be restricted to credential providing people. FB can't seem to get that through their skulls. They should have stayed restricted to verified .edu emails, and none of this BS would be happening or in the news.

Comment by guest — July 27, 2010 @ 4:11 pm
fbseeker.info is another mirror.

Comment by Ross Duggan — July 29, 2010 @ 11:16 am
I only pressed like button, didn't part with any money or see any screens other than the very first page now it appears on my facebook page as if I'm endorsing it. How does one get rid of it?

Comment by Rosemary — July 30, 2010 @ 8:50 am
Can anyone tell me how to get rid of it?

Comment by Geri L. — August 1, 2010 @ 4:28 pm
Removal: change your password first. (stronger is better)

Go back to the website and click the 'like', your name will disappear from the """you" and XXXXX others like this"". All that "like" does is toggle back and forth..

Check your own profile and remove all posts if it's still there.

Comment by David — August 3, 2010 @ 4:33 pm
How do you get rid of this thing? I click on LIKE and there is an UNLIKE option does that mean I have the scam?

Comment by Facebook User — August 18, 2010 @ 7:22 pm
why would people want the spy in the first place? you must have no life sheesh. i mean seriously i guess socially deprived people who get their fantasy life on the internet

Comment by i h8 dumb people — August 21, 2010 @ 2:41 pm
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Comment by Miro Bido — August 22, 2010 @ 6:08 pm
Another fake site >> http://www.spyfb.info claiming users that they can see who viewed their profile.

Comment by Shaurya Saxena — August 23, 2010 @ 8:19 am
hi all of u???

Comment by Mohamed Hassan — August 26, 2010 @ 5:47 am
Steve – you say this can't be a Scam, because "people with brains need to be involved". Surely that's the point of a Scam? Targeting people who DON'T know any better?

Comment by Sam — August 27, 2010 @ 7:16 am
I have been seeing this for a while on yahoo! answers.
The weird thing is that it is also the same answers everytime.

Comment by Iz — August 29, 2010 @ 10:02 pm
thx for letting us know – BUT, is there a legitimate software offering this service? Look, business network sites offer this already since a few years. So why not Facebook? Would be nice to know who was checking out my profile, wouldn't it?

Comment by producersfinalword — September 15, 2010 @ 5:03 am
That's one of the mission statements of Facebook, it remains anonymous. If you don't want random people looking at your page, put EVERYTHING on private. All they'll be able to see is your name and user photo. Whooptie doo.

Comment by Seriously — September 21, 2010 @ 9:40 pm
dear facebook,
hello, this concerns with a photo uploaded which contains nude photo of a girl uploaded last October 2, 2010 while my friends took a picture accidentally, can you please remove it permanently on all accounts please this is a minor young lady and I realized that it should not be posted, looking forward for your immediate action from your social network
thank you very much, God bless us all…

Comment by kristine arellano — October 4, 2010 @ 10:18 pm
I know its ridiculous. BUT BEWARE OF IT EVEN SO!!!!

Comment by Kirsty — October 16, 2010 @ 6:35 am
Here's another profile spy page for the scam list: http://goo.gl/qb4oo

Comment by Awkward Turtle — November 7, 2010 @ 9:51 pm
Here’s how to get rid of the application itself and get rid of the page in your likes.
First, to get rid of the application click on Account, then Privacy Settings. On the Page to chose your privacy settings, scroll down to the bottom and click on the link “Edit your settings” for Application and Websites. At the top, for Applications you use, click on edit settings and remove the “sneak n peek” application. You have now removed the application.

Now to remove the link from your likes: Go back to home and click on ‘edit profile.’ Click on “likes and interests” in the column. At the bottom of the page, click on “show other pages” Then you will have the option to remove this page from your likes. Click close and it’s gone for good (we hope)!

Comment by Scott — November 20, 2010 @ 2:28 pm
How do you delete Facebook Profile Spy?

Comment by Guest — November 20, 2010 @ 6:27 pm
Yes, but you can Report them.

Comment by Lily — December 8, 2010 @ 4:18 pm
you just have to complete a cpalead survey this is no scam well maybe idk it's just a nichie spammed with "Neo app" a monetizing Cpalead app where users get paid when you do surveys and it spams and spams getting 1000s to do their survey Even i do this too so much money we make like 2000+ in a day ! yeah better then your day job huh! don't blame them for making money off people

CPALEAD RULES !!!

Comment by CpaleadNINJA — December 16, 2010 @ 2:41 pm
every time i try it the supposed application renames itself. first it is singingthetracks and then it is christmasmiracle?

Comment by Jazz — December 24, 2010 @ 10:02 am
At top of page click Account then Privacy Settings, then on that page click the link below "Apps and Websites". This takes you to a page where you will a short list of your apps, and to the right of that you will see a button labeled "Edit settings". Find the applicable application, and click the relevant "Edit Settings" link… then you can remove it.

Comment by Guest — December 27, 2010 @ 3:39 am
Directing people to this page at the moment as its still going around

Comment by awmigosh — December 31, 2010 @ 11:06 am
if you go to your profile, put your cursor over the x to remove the post and choose the 'report as spam' option.. it'll report it and remove the post and you shouldn't receive any more – don't know how to get out of anything you've paid for though.. my guess is google that individual site and search for a contact number, so you can call and cancel

Comment by fbooker — January 15, 2011 @ 3:53 pm
this is very good info to know,thank you,but is there a site that really does work,thats free?so people can see if thay are really being stoucked?or is it all lies?

Comment by patti — January 23, 2011 @ 5:07 am
please email me at caddell.patricia@yahoo.com and tell me if there is a site that does let you see who has viewed your profile for free to see if you are being stoucked..thank you for your time

Comment by patti — January 23, 2011 @ 5:10 am
;o

Comment by suri — April 11, 2011 @ 12:57 am
while i chat vth frnds the following link comes automatically: http://x.co/Wl7B/?75390

Comment by abdulla — April 23, 2011 @ 2:19 pm
I got stuck where it asks you to fill out a survey…. Does that mean it didn't mess anything up?

Comment by Dani — April 30, 2011 @ 11:23 pm
…and again, May 2011.

Comment by Jeff Cotrupe — May 15, 2011 @ 8:35 pm
I would never spend a dime on garbage like this. Didn't have to. Someone posted it on my page (or probably auto-posted by the app itself), clicked it, and while I was "waiting for results" I noticed I had suddenly "posted" on many Friends' pages. I closed the tab immediately but it had already worked its magic. So not a question of people being dumb enough to spend money on this…and the "fault" lies 100% with the idiots/morons/losers/spammers/scammers who have such non-lives that they sit around cooking up nuisance apps like this.

Comment by Millard Fillmore — May 15, 2011 @ 8:39 pm
SWEET! After complaining about newwavesoft's malicious application to their host, registrar and admins, this app is now dead. If you have it installed on your FB page, I'd recommend removing it.

Comment by Tooner — May 28, 2011 @ 4:52 pm
Great application! thank's!

Comment by dotgolf — October 19, 2011 @ 2:49 am
[...] notes that everyone surveyed was aware of online security options, and yet the responses to the survey conducted this summer [...]

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Comment by Obaid Sandaal — November 25, 2011 @ 3:57 pm
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Comment by Obaid Sandaal — November 25, 2011 @ 3:57 pm
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Comment by Obaid Sandaal — November 25, 2011 @ 3:57 pm
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Comment by Obaid Sandaal — November 25, 2011 @ 3:57 pm
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Comment by Obaid Sandaal — November 25, 2011 @ 3:57 pm
its started again how to stop it plz

Comment by jack — December 24, 2011 @ 6:34 am
ive not even liked it ive just made a new account

Comment by jack — December 24, 2011 @ 6:37 am

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You don't say how to get out of the scam. There is not an unlike button on the page.

Comment by lisa_r_cain — July 26, 2010 @ 4:46 am

Excellent warning. Have shared it. Thanks.

Comment by David — July 26, 2010 @ 5:29 am

This isn't a scam. For it to be a scam, people with brains would need to be involved. Anyone who believed this was legitimate and actually signed up to a 20 dollar subscription is a complete moron who deserves everything they get for being STUPID.

Comment by Steve — July 26, 2010 @ 6:35 am

^^^^LOL @ Steve ^^^^^

Comment by ren — July 26, 2010 @ 8:16 am

I tried it bur never got past the first step. I was curious but def wouldn't pay for it. It's clearly a scam. I'm surprised anyone would actually pay for it

Comment by Alexi Schumier — July 26, 2010 @ 8:40 am

NO one deserves to be scammed at anytime…People work hard for their money and deserve to be protected by idiots who make fake pages, Leading consumers into something false is criminal its a crime and they should pay for it too~

Comment by LadyLinda — July 26, 2010 @ 10:07 am

Another page for Profile Spy (slightly different sign up process) http://fbviewer.info/

Comment by Bryan — July 26, 2010 @ 11:13 am

B;ame FB for ALLOWING these idiots to make fake pages in the first damn place. The site engineers are too stupid to put protocols in place to verify user identities. Pages should be restricted to credential providing people. FB can't seem to get that through their skulls. They should have stayed restricted to verified .edu emails, and none of this BS would be happening or in the news.

Comment by guest — July 27, 2010 @ 4:11 pm

fbseeker.info is another mirror.

Comment by Ross Duggan — July 29, 2010 @ 11:16 am

I only pressed like button, didn't part with any money or see any screens other than the very first page now it appears on my facebook page as if I'm endorsing it. How does one get rid of it?

Comment by Rosemary — July 30, 2010 @ 8:50 am

Can anyone tell me how to get rid of it?

Comment by Geri L. — August 1, 2010 @ 4:28 pm

Removal: change your password first. (stronger is better)

Go back to the website and click the 'like', your name will disappear from the """you" and XXXXX others like this"". All that "like" does is toggle back and forth..

Check your own profile and remove all posts if it's still there.

Comment by David — August 3, 2010 @ 4:33 pm

How do you get rid of this thing? I click on LIKE and there is an UNLIKE option does that mean I have the scam?

Comment by Facebook User — August 18, 2010 @ 7:22 pm

why would people want the spy in the first place? you must have no life sheesh. i mean seriously i guess socially deprived people who get their fantasy life on the internet

Comment by i h8 dumb people — August 21, 2010 @ 2:41 pm

Comment by Miro Bido — August 22, 2010 @ 6:08 pm

Another fake site >> http://www.spyfb.info claiming users that they can see who viewed their profile.

Comment by Shaurya Saxena — August 23, 2010 @ 8:19 am

hi all of u???

Comment by Mohamed Hassan — August 26, 2010 @ 5:47 am

Steve – you say this can't be a Scam, because "people with brains need to be involved". Surely that's the point of a Scam? Targeting people who DON'T know any better?

Comment by Sam — August 27, 2010 @ 7:16 am

I have been seeing this for a while on yahoo! answers.
The weird thing is that it is also the same answers everytime.

Comment by Iz — August 29, 2010 @ 10:02 pm

thx for letting us know – BUT, is there a legitimate software offering this service? Look, business network sites offer this already since a few years. So why not Facebook? Would be nice to know who was checking out my profile, wouldn't it?

Comment by producersfinalword — September 15, 2010 @ 5:03 am

That's one of the mission statements of Facebook, it remains anonymous. If you don't want random people looking at your page, put EVERYTHING on private. All they'll be able to see is your name and user photo. Whooptie doo.

Comment by Seriously — September 21, 2010 @ 9:40 pm

dear facebook,
hello, this concerns with a photo uploaded which contains nude photo of a girl uploaded last October 2, 2010 while my friends took a picture accidentally, can you please remove it permanently on all accounts please this is a minor young lady and I realized that it should not be posted, looking forward for your immediate action from your social network
thank you very much, God bless us all…

Comment by kristine arellano — October 4, 2010 @ 10:18 pm

I know its ridiculous. BUT BEWARE OF IT EVEN SO!!!!

Comment by Kirsty — October 16, 2010 @ 6:35 am

Here's another profile spy page for the scam list: http://goo.gl/qb4oo

Comment by Awkward Turtle — November 7, 2010 @ 9:51 pm

Here’s how to get rid of the application itself and get rid of the page in your likes.
First, to get rid of the application click on Account, then Privacy Settings. On the Page to chose your privacy settings, scroll down to the bottom and click on the link “Edit your settings” for Application and Websites. At the top, for Applications you use, click on edit settings and remove the “sneak n peek” application. You have now removed the application.

Now to remove the link from your likes: Go back to home and click on ‘edit profile.’ Click on “likes and interests” in the column. At the bottom of the page, click on “show other pages” Then you will have the option to remove this page from your likes. Click close and it’s gone for good (we hope)!

Comment by Scott — November 20, 2010 @ 2:28 pm

How do you delete Facebook Profile Spy?

Comment by Guest — November 20, 2010 @ 6:27 pm

Yes, but you can Report them.

Comment by Lily — December 8, 2010 @ 4:18 pm

you just have to complete a cpalead survey this is no scam well maybe idk it's just a nichie spammed with "Neo app" a monetizing Cpalead app where users get paid when you do surveys and it spams and spams getting 1000s to do their survey Even i do this too so much money we make like 2000+ in a day ! yeah better then your day job huh! don't blame them for making money off people

CPALEAD RULES !!!

Comment by CpaleadNINJA — December 16, 2010 @ 2:41 pm

every time i try it the supposed application renames itself. first it is singingthetracks and then it is christmasmiracle?

Comment by Jazz — December 24, 2010 @ 10:02 am

At top of page click Account then Privacy Settings, then on that page click the link below "Apps and Websites". This takes you to a page where you will a short list of your apps, and to the right of that you will see a button labeled "Edit settings". Find the applicable application, and click the relevant "Edit Settings" link… then you can remove it.

Comment by Guest — December 27, 2010 @ 3:39 am

Directing people to this page at the moment as its still going around

Comment by awmigosh — December 31, 2010 @ 11:06 am

if you go to your profile, put your cursor over the x to remove the post and choose the 'report as spam' option.. it'll report it and remove the post and you shouldn't receive any more – don't know how to get out of anything you've paid for though.. my guess is google that individual site and search for a contact number, so you can call and cancel

Comment by fbooker — January 15, 2011 @ 3:53 pm

this is very good info to know,thank you,but is there a site that really does work,thats free?so people can see if thay are really being stoucked?or is it all lies?

Comment by patti — January 23, 2011 @ 5:07 am

please email me at caddell.patricia@yahoo.com and tell me if there is a site that does let you see who has viewed your profile for free to see if you are being stoucked..thank you for your time

Comment by patti — January 23, 2011 @ 5:10 am

Comment by suri — April 11, 2011 @ 12:57 am

while i chat vth frnds the following link comes automatically: http://x.co/Wl7B/?75390

Comment by abdulla — April 23, 2011 @ 2:19 pm

I got stuck where it asks you to fill out a survey…. Does that mean it didn't mess anything up?

Comment by Dani — April 30, 2011 @ 11:23 pm

…and again, May 2011.

Comment by Jeff Cotrupe — May 15, 2011 @ 8:35 pm

I would never spend a dime on garbage like this. Didn't have to. Someone posted it on my page (or probably auto-posted by the app itself), clicked it, and while I was "waiting for results" I noticed I had suddenly "posted" on many Friends' pages. I closed the tab immediately but it had already worked its magic. So not a question of people being dumb enough to spend money on this…and the "fault" lies 100% with the idiots/morons/losers/spammers/scammers who have such non-lives that they sit around cooking up nuisance apps like this.

Comment by Millard Fillmore — May 15, 2011 @ 8:39 pm

SWEET! After complaining about newwavesoft's malicious application to their host, registrar and admins, this app is now dead. If you have it installed on your FB page, I'd recommend removing it.

Comment by Tooner — May 28, 2011 @ 4:52 pm

Great application! thank's!

Comment by dotgolf — October 19, 2011 @ 2:49 am

[...] notes that everyone surveyed was aware of online security options, and yet the responses to the survey conducted this summer [...]

Pingback by Men Victimized By Facebook Data Theft More Than Women — November 4, 2011 @ 2:25 pm

seefdsfdfdfdfdffdfdffsdfsffsfsfs

Comment by Obaid Sandaal — November 25, 2011 @ 3:57 pm

dsfdsf

xazx

dsdf

vcdzfzsdz

its started again how to stop it plz

Comment by jack — December 24, 2011 @ 6:34 am

ive not even liked it ive just made a new account

Comment by jack — December 24, 2011 @ 6:37 am

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