Facebook spam prevention scam spreading like wildfire


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Facebook spam prevention scam spreading like wildfire

Social media worm d'jour

By John Leyden

The growing prevalence of junk messages on Facebook is been used to bait a new scam doing the rounds on the social network.

Prospective marks in receipt of the fraudulent messages are invited to "verify" their account in order to "prevent spam". Recipients who respond to the message by clicking on a link end up sharing it on their wall as well as spreading highly obfuscated JavaScript.

"With all the unexpected Sharing going on, this message has spread like wild-fire," warns net security firm Sophos. "Instead of preventing spam, this particular campaign has been generating it at astonishing rates."

More details here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/12/facebook_spam_prevention_scam/

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