After an earlier scam of Chuck Norris being dead at 71 video, Facebook scammers are now busy spreading a new scam with the signature Top 10 – Most Popular Videos and Top 10 – Best Videos 2010.
The Facebook scam is spreading with the text similar to:
TOP 10 – MOST POPULAR VIDEOS [link]
TOP 10 – MOST POPULAR VIDEOS
[website link]
The TOP 10 of most wanted videos by youtube users
And
TOP 10 – BEST VIDEOS 2012 [link] or TOP 10 – BEST VIDEOS 2011
TOP 10 – MOST POPULAR VIDEOS
[website link]
The TOP 10 of most wanted videos by youtube users
There are several websites which are used in this attack and clicking on the link might spread the link on your wall. When a user clicks on the link to see the Top 10 videos, they are taken to a websites called fb1.now.im or which looks and feels similar to Facebook as seen in the screenshot below.
Clicking on any link on this page will take you to a page which looks similar to a Facebook video page and ask you to grant permission to a fake YouTube app. However, this will in turn grant permission to a rogue app and spread the spam on your timeline.
CLCIK TO VIEW FULL SIZE
Even the comments shown on the page are deceptive to look like that of Facebook itself. We are warning you not to click on the link or grant it any permissions whatsoever. This is definitely a very believable Facebook spam. It is recommended that you DO NOT click on such links or scam messages on Facebook. If you come across this scam message, please delete/remove the scam from your Facebook news feed immediately.
CLCIK TO VIEW FULL SIZE
Alternately, you can report the scam to Facebook Security. With over 800 million users on Facebook, the social networking giant has always been a main target for spreading scams. It is quite difficult to identify scams on Facebook. Here is a post on How to Identify and Avoid Facebook Scams.