Yet another clickjacking scam is replicating like crazy on Facebook, in this case inviting users to view a video of a whale "smashed into a building" during the March 11 tsunami in Japan.
If you see postings like the following, don't click on the links!
Example #1:
GRAPHIC VIDEO.. Japans Tsunami Sends WHALE Smashing Into A Building! http://bit.ly/g8Kre1
Example #2:
disaster tsunami sends whale into building http://stump.ws/do6ce
No such video exists. According to the Internet security website Sophos.com, clicking on one of these links takes the user to a page that appears to contain a video, but if you try to play it you're prompted to fill out an online survey instead, while a hidden script tells all your Facebook friends that you've "liked" the nonexistent video. Then they click on the link, the same thing happens to them, then their friends click on the link, and so on. That's why it's called a "clickjacking" or "likejacking" scam. The perpetrators make money by redirecting traffic to the survey site.
If this has happened to you, be sure to remove the offending link(s) from your Wall so your friends don't end up replicating it.
Read more about it:
• Japanese Tsunami Launches Whale into Building? It's a Facebook Clickjack Scam
• Fake 'Tsunami Whale' Just a Big Facebook Scam
Comments
I was not able to view the video until. I really want to watch but it seems that it has been removed from the internet.
@web design Mauritius did you even read the above info.
it has not been removed it was never there. *face palm*
Thanks for the info!
I fell for this once. Deleted it from my page, changed my password. But now the same stupid thing keeps showing up in my newsfeed (as if I was “Friends” or a “Liker” of the page). How do I get it to stop?!?!
NEVER click on a short URL link, period. In an e-mail, on Facebook, wherever. If you can’t see the full url and where it’s taking you there’s a good chance you’ll get a virus.
But where can I go to see the real video?
Why would somebody want to see that anyway? These click viruses are going to be the death of Facebook