WARNING: Don't Click On 'My Total Facebook Views'

The latest scam spreading across the social network promises to show you how many people have looked at your profile, but only leads to yet another survey scam that can expose you to malware.

The latest scam spreading across the social network promises to show you how many people have looked at your profile, but only leads to the typical survey scam.

Posts touting this scam are going up very quickly right now, and the application doing the posting goes by several different names, each with its own page on Facebook; multiple sources obviously complicates efforts to stop the scheme, while also accelerating the spread of the campaign.

The number of views listed in these postings appear inflated, stoking the vanity of the individual who clicked through to the application.

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