ALERT: Facebook Chat Hijackings Continue To Spread
We're seeing lots of people warning about -- or apologizing after the fact for for -- chat hijackings.
We’re seeing lots of people warning about — or at least apologizing for — chat hijackings.
The latest one says “Hey, check out this girl, lol, she must be out of her mind for making that video!” and includes a shortened bit.ly web address.
That URL leads to a Facebook page running an application called Congood. Clicking “allow” on the permission box leads to a page that flashes a picture of a woman’s back side for less than a second before popping up a menu of three different affiliate schemes.
Clicking on any of the three choices exposes you to malware and leads you down a path that earns the scammer a commission if you go through the whole exercise.
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