There’s a new scam spreading around on Facebook which prompts users to find out the “truth about Coke” by clicking on a link. It’s a scam that’s similar to many of the others we’ve covered in the past in that it prompts users to complete a survey, in turn generating revenue for the scammer. Unlike the scam we covered yesterday, this new one could actually cost you money, if you were to register for one of the quizzes.
This particular scam preys on those users who are less aware of the traditional Facebook scam techniques. While most people should be able to figure out that this is a scam, many are still falling for the trap. If you see one of your friends post something like the image below, do not click on it!
While we’re assuming that Facebook will eventually block all outgoing links to this site, hundreds if not thousands of Facebook users are continuing to post about it on Facebook. Take our advice: don’t click on the link. We’ll continue to cover any additional security threats and scams on Facebook.
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I posted more details of the "Never Gonna Drink Coca Cola" scam on my blog at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2010/07/15/never...
There may be information there that is useful to folks who want to share advice to their Facebook friends about scams like these.
Comment by Graham Cluley — July 15, 2010 @ 6:58 am
This is hardly the first of these scams. They started about 3 weeks ago and every day there are new ones popping up. There are a bunch of them….. 2monthsold.info, lebronexposed.info, McdonaldsExposed.info, and so many more. They are all the same type of site as Truthaboutcoke.us
Comment by OnliveFans.com — July 15, 2010 @ 9:26 am
too late i already pressed on it
Comment by g — July 15, 2010 @ 6:58 pm
And none of this stupid crap would be on there if fb would have stayed restricted to college students only.
Comment by guest — July 16, 2010 @ 3:45 am
None of this stupid crap would be on Facebook if they had a decent spam filtering system
Comment by Phil — July 16, 2010 @ 9:29 am
It's impossible to filter this garbage. Look how inefficient spam filtering for email is. Why even bother. You still have to search the damn spam folder because innocent emails get sent there "by mistake" unless you have some on your unblock list. And anyway, FB engineers are too stupid as it is. Don't let them touch any filtering. They can't even filter out stupid names (but try) unless you report that username (which I did and the profile was removed 2 min later).
Comment by guest — July 17, 2010 @ 9:16 am
I saw the one the other day, and fell for it, with a title like, "Teacher beats student." It ended up being a virus survey too.
Comment by DragonSearch — July 19, 2010 @ 5:16 am