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Facebook WARNING: Avoid the “Check Your Top 10 Friends Who’s Viewing Your Profile With Profile Spy, Profile Viewer and Profiliviewer 2012″ SCAM

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Watch out! Another successful fake Facebook Application scam is making a comeback and catching quite a lot of people out, by preying on our natural instincts of curiosity and paranoia. Profile Spy, also called Profile Viewer and Profiliviewer 2012, claims to show you who are the Top 10 Friends viewing your Facebook Profile! Now, I would be interested in that too just like you and every other Facebooker, but sadly it just isn’t possible at the moment…maybe later. If you instal this fake app, you will give it powerfull permissions to your private data and your friends’ data too…You also allow it to make wall posts into the Facebook News Feed on your behalf!

Every single application making such claims is a scam about phishing your personal information, fake surveys and spreading malware. Absolutely none of them has ever worked, but more and more people keep on trying them out. Next thing they know, the fake App is posting adverts on your Wall Post to all your friends’ News Feed promoting itself and making it look as if you recommend it! This particular fake App also creates an album, which you should delete immediately, called >>PROFILEVIEWER<< with one image described as “MY TOP 10 VIEWER” similar to the one below:

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Your friends will see a Wall Post from you in their News Feed claiming that you are recommending this scam Application. Obviously this is a very effective way of spreading this scam to more people on the facebook network and can quickly trick millions of people. If you see such a Wall Post as the one below, please avoid it and inform your affected Friend that they should take steps to clean up their infected profile:

SCAM SIGNATURE:

WHOAH!!
Big thanks to the Facebook team for finally giving us something to check who’s viewing our profile.Check Your Top 10 Friends Who’s Viewing Your Profile. [URL]

Facebook does not provide the ability to track who is viewing your profile, or parts of your profile, such as your photos. Applications by outside developers cannot provide this functionality, either. Applications that claim to give you this ability will be removed from Facebook for violating policy. You can report applications that provide untrustworthy experiences by clicking the “Report Application” at the bottom of the application’s About page, or by clicking “Report” at the bottom of any canvas page within the application.

Please don’t fall for one of these scams. If you’re a victim, immediately delete the App’s post on your wall & remove it using simple steps in the links below:

1. Detailed Instructions to remove Fake Applications – HERE
2. Detailed Instructions to remove Fake Scam Links – HERE
3. CLICK HERE to join our Facebook Page and be informed about future scams to avoid.

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Facebook WARNING: Avoid the “One Free Amazon.com Gift Card (limited time only)” SCAM

Facebook WARNING: Avoid the “One Free Amazon.com Gift Card (limited time only)” SCAM, similar to the wall post below:

The scam message reads as follows:

Amazon is currently giving away gift cards to all facebook users. Click here to get one!

Removal Instructions:

If you or your friends have fallen victim to this scam, then a full computer system scan must be carried out using the most up-to-date Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software, some of which can be found in the List of Free Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Malware and Firewall Software HERE. In case you submitted a telephone number for any surveys, then you should contact your service provider or carrier immediately to avoid any bogus charges.

Facebook WARNING: Avoid the “Switch to Pink Facebook”, “Switch to Red Facebook” or “Switch to Black Facebook” SCAM

You might be wondering where I’ve been since my last article last year, but please, don’t even ask!Lets just wish for a Happy 2012 ;-)

FACT: it is possible to change the Facebook color BUT NOT BY USING THE SCAM PROCESS from the Facebook Wall post described below. If you are really interested in customizing your Facebook appearance then you will need to use the Mozilla Firefox Browser, the Greasemonkey Plugin and a Script. NOW LET ME GOOGLE THAT FOR YOU: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+to+Change+the+Color+of+your+Facebook+Profile

Okay, thats out of the way so lets dissect this facebook scam…

Facebook WARNING: Avoid the “Switch to Pink Facebook”, “Switch to Red Facebook” or “Switch to Black Facebook” SCAM, similar to the following wall posts below:

The scam message reads as follows:

Switch To Pink Facebook (Limited Time!)
Say goodbye to the boring blue profile and say hello to the pink profile!!

The scam message reads as follows:

Switch To Red Facebook (Limited Time!)
Say goodbye to the boring blue profile and say hello to the red profile!!

The scam message reads as follows:

Switch To Black Facebook (Limited Time!)
Say goodbye to the boring blue profile and say hello to the black profile!!

Why you should Avoid it:

Avoid this scam which attempts to force you to share, comment and therefore endorse this scam to your friends, as well as fill out a survey scam as seen in the following screenshots:

Do not complete any surveys and do not give out any personal information which can and will be used to harm you. Some surveys require you to download something in order to proceed to the next stage, but they usually contain viruses or other malware that can infect your system. Usually, the person behind such a scam gets paid a commission too every time one is completed by you.

Removal Instructions:

If you or your friends have fallen victim to this scam, then a full computer system scan must be carried out using the most up-to-date Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software, some of which can be found in the List of Free Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Malware and Firewall Software HERE. In case you submitted a telephone number for any surveys, then you should contact your service provider or carrier immediately to avoid any bogus charges.

The affected facebook user’s wall must also be cleaned out of all spam messages that may have been automatically posted after a Click-Jacking attack (Like-Jacking or Comment-Jacking). Just follow the simple instructions in the following links:

Detailed Instructions to remove Fake Scam Links – HERE

Detailed Instructions to remove Fake Applications – HERE

CLICK HERE to join our Facebook Page and be informed about future scams to avoid.

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