Today, we have come across yet another rapidly spreading Facebook scam. The ultimate aim of this scam is to coerce Facebook users into completing various surveys which in turn generate money for the scammer. The messages arrive with embedded Flash video and different messages such as “WTF!! You look so stupid in this video” or “yo, why are you on this video” etc. Below is a screenshot of such messages:
Leave the comments below- OMG name you should untag yourself in this vid
- OMG name why are you in this vid
- hey name you look so stupid in this vid
- hey name why are you in this vid
- hey name i can’t believe youre tagged this vid
- ROTFL name what are you doing in this vid
- Yo name why are you tagged in this vid
- Yo name I can’t believe you are tagged in this vid
- WTF name you should untag yourself in this vid
- WTF name what are you doing in this vid
- WTF name you look so stupid in this vid
- The post displays fake meta data showing the number of “Views”, “Likes”, etc. to make the posts appear more genuine. When a user clicks on the video link, the Flash file loads in the background. Once the loaded, it prompts the user to play a fake video. When the user clicks again to play the video, it looks like,The above message displays instructions with keyboard shortcuts that cause the victim to paste clipboard information in the address bar. The flash file itself sets the clipboard data with malicious JavaScript which further spreads the attack.
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