Sunday, July 10, 2011
Another Scam Spreads on Facebook.This Time In The Name Of Video Calling[BE CAREFUL!]
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Scams are no new to Facebook. Once the other day Facebook walls are filled with various spams. Sometimes with the titles somewhat like " SEE WHAT THAT PARENT DID AFTER SEEING THAT VIDEO" or other time "YOU NEVER IMAGINED THIS", scams spread out on the Social giant Facebook. Facebook, with no doubt has been heaven for scammers. This time a scam has taken over Facebook in the name of Facebook new feature Video Calling.
Its been few days since Facebook launched its most talked feature Video Calling. But with the launch of that features, scammers are teaming up to trick you into spamming all your Facebook friends, using the lure of the new video calling feature. Most people got lucky and installed video calling on facebook. But many are still unable to install it. Its a warning to all of you, those whose haven't been able to install facebook video calling, don't be the victim of such spams. Facebook Video Calling not supported on Linux and Chromium, and those users unable to install it can click in the links and may be the victim of spam.
For installing Facebook video calling please follow official Facebook page here.
For installing Facebook video calling please follow official Facebook page here.
The scam comes to you in the form of a wall post, enticing you to “Enable video calls". But naked security strongly suggests you not to click on the links. Naked security also shared the following images.
According to mashable "If you do click on that bogus message, it asks for access to your basic information, wants to post to your wall, to access your posts in your news feed and access your data at any time.
What does it do then? It doesn’t let you video chat at all, but simply tries to get you to fill out surveys so its evil creators can collect referral fees. Worse, it exposes your friends to the same trick. Don’t click those fake links. If you want the actual Facebook Video Calling, it’s available now for some users but not others, and you haven’t already been granted access, you will be soon."
This post was written by: MOHIT BASKOTA
Mohit baskota is a computer Engineering student at NIT,Jaipur.A tech enthusiast and a FOSS advocate with interest in photography.Follow him on Twitter
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