If you’ve logged on to Facebook lately, there are certain invitation that intends to show you a list of people who viewed your profile. If you come across with something like this, don't ever think about clicking the link
Trend Micro’s Malware Blog warns the users that clicking on the link, or accepting the invite would cause the user to share spam without their unknowingly. Here is a walk through on how this scam works.
If you have received an ‘invitation’ on your Facebook account and it showed up in the Events section with the heading “How to Find Out Who’s Viewing Your Profile,” you could get curious and click on the link.
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| Whatever you do, do NOT click the link |
Once you have read the instructions and it says: You NEED TO FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS BELOW TO FIND OUT WHO’S IS VIEWING YOUR PROFILE. Even if it has some typographical error, you read that you have to invite your friends to be able to “attend” said event. Once your done, you will receive a message that goes like, WHEN DONE GO TO http://bit.ly/...AND SEE WHO’S IS VIEWING YOUR PROFILE.
This will not actually direct you to the link that shows the list of your friends viewing your profile. Instead, you just executed a script that shares the same link to your other friends on Facebook.
Spammers are the bottom feeders of the cyber world these days. Their latest strategy plainly shows the lengths they will go to just so they can make some money out of their unsuspecting prey.
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