Here comes the latest scam targeting user's saying "get your Free T-Shirts or Shoes ordered from us. Share it with your friends :)" and asks you to click on the Tiny Url which is actually a Scam link.
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| Fig: 1 |
Above are the tiny url’s with the Scam message. The original
Url will be like shown below,
Tiny URL http://goo.gl/V72WW
Full Url http://cshoes.fbnew.info/
Tiny URL http://s6x.it/3i5yg
Full Url http://www.free.fb-tshirts.info/
You can check suspected tiny url by going to the site http://longurl.org/or,
you can use custom plugins for Firefox and Google Chrome to automatically
display the full url when you move your mouse over the tiny url.
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| Fig: 2 |
Once you click on the scam link it will take you to the site
http://cshoes.fbnew.info/
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| Fig: 3 |
It uses the Facebook Social Plugin “Like Button” to post the message on News Feed So that your friends can know it. Also, it sends spam
mail from your registered mail id to your friends asking them to click on the scam link.
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| Fig: 4 |
It not only targets facebook users it also looks out for other possible networking and famous sites,
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| Fig: 5 |
When you click on the "Click Here" button shown in Fig: 3 to redeem your
T-Shirt it takes you to a page like seen below and it asks you to follow some
steps to consider it as legitimate process but it’s a fake.
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Fig: 6
Then it asks you to enter your details. Actually it’s a fake
sign up process just to make sure you believe it completely.
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| Fig: 7 |
At last it says “Your registration for official facebook
free Shoes is completed, We'll get back to you shortly via FB :)”
Fig: 8
Stay away from clicking on these Scam Messages.
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