Facebook Watcher

Facebook spam is definitely on the rise, but the good side is that the official security page of Facebook, i.e. Facebook Security has provided the typical screenshots of the spam posts and messages for the users to be fully aware of.

Please pay careful attention to these pictures enclosed as below, so when you come across the similar message, don’t hesitate to delete it straight away from your message inbox. And also, notice that each of these messages, the content are weird, with bad grammar as well, all under the guise of amicable types of messages with an aim to entice users to click on the external URL links.

Spam Message Example 1:

*Spam message for a free Macy’s gift card

Spam Message Example 2:

*Spam message about a new video the sender has found

Spam Message Example 3:

Spam Message Example 4:

Source: available at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=58084&id=31987371885, accessed 31 October 2008