[californiadisasters] Beware of Tsunami-Related Scam on Facebook

Spammers incorporate current events into last deception

By OLSEN EBRIGHT - KNBC-TV Los Angeles

Updated 12:57 PM PDT, Sun, Mar 13, 2011

Facebook users may want to think twice before clicking on any suspicious tsunami-related links posted on the social networking site.

Spammers have reacted quickly to Japan's 8.9-magnitude earthquake, and incorporated the recent news into their bag of tricks.

One of the deceptive links going around has the headline "24ftJapanese Tsunami Crashes Whale Into Building." The subhead entices users with sensational footage: "You won't believe this whale collision! Crazy Footage!"

According to the experts over the Malware Blog, the scam usually works by sending people to a YouTube-like website. Once a user clicks anywhere on the page, he or she is asked to take a survey. The scammers gets paid for the survey results, and the malicious link is posted to the victim's wall, continuing the spam cycle, ZDNet reported.

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