The OMG Mother Went to Jail Facebook Scam spreads virally

[megatron996]

just turn off javascript to bypass the survey

[YoutuJ3eJ3lows]

People on Facebook are so gullible... Good Lord, learn to not click on stupid links!

[Cypress546]

Zack likes Justin Bieber.

Zack is gay appently.

[DeathOwl]

using Adblock, you can remove that survey to see the page.

[KingRamses1017]

People are idiots. They always click on stuff that isn't real. Like the Who sees your profile, that Osama dead virus a while back. WTF people. Stop clicking on malaware stuff.

[CommercialPhun]

Omg i wish more people would install FB purity...

[toffeepops9]

There's a new FB virus going around. If you get a message with someone saying, "New Facebook", or something, with a link, don't click! It's a virus!

[TashaRichardsonFan1]

Who would be that stupid????

[Modderriffic]

@TashaRichardsonFan1 I know right.

[jojo4sammy1]

go on bypass facebook fan page

[MewMewPudding33]

does anyone notice that most of the fake scams on facebook say "OMG" at the beggining~?

[forevergeeky]

to stop the survey pop-up just disable javascript! :)

[terrorbird500]

i sa zack liked justin bieber 0.0 brrr kinda creepy -.^

[MsWebAddict]

Does anyone else notice that at 1:00 the Facebook logo is a fake? Thumbs up if you do.

[DarkLinkOfHyrule]

@MsWebAddict He says it's fake.

[SSJBD1]

wow i totually fell for that

[Handlr]

Tsk.. Sophoiopaths ;)

[A135S4656]

To get around the survey thing like that you just disable Javascript in Firefox or Seamonkey preferences.

[youtubesneak]

Do people really click on is dot gd links without knowing where it might link to?

IS gives this useful advice: You can preview any address shortened by is.gd before visiting it by adding a hyphen (dash) at the end of the URL.

And they give stats: Number of times this shortened URL has been accessed directly: 147,459

But sadly: Number of times the preview page for this shortened URL has been accessed: 2

I guess the answer to my question is yes, people do.

[SophosLabs]

@youtubesneak I wonder if that would even help. After all, the short link redirects to a Facebook page - which most users would assume is legitimate.

[youtubesneak]

@SophosLabs You are right, in this case it would not help. I learnt several years ago to avoid short links, but I was still genuinely surprised that so many people just click on them.

[JunmaiShu]

The answer is a resounding "Yes". The vast majority of users aren't security conscious. They just want to check their EMail and Tweet, or Twit each other (whichever). Outside of that they really don't know anything about the computer they're using.

End user know-how will always be the #1 tool against attacks. It's more important than any AV/firewall/ect... but sadly most people lack it.

[BoogsterSU2]

"Zack Muckerburg"

lolwut???

[NoRogeR]

thank you

[hotspur2514]

Good work, sir!

[GanGoz]

I just pray that more folks see this clip............I am so sick of the shite on faceache because folks are too lazy or careless to do some simple research. Great clip and good work mate :)

[dajakynick]

Wow, only 3 steps required from the user to avoid spreading this obvious and simple scam! Facebook really is a secure platform.

[TheComputerGuy96]

Did you know that disabling javascript will make you see that page?

[SophosLabs]

@TheComputerGuy96 Yes, and it still isn't worth it!

[TheComputerGuy96]

@SophosLabs Yeah right.

[BoogsterSU2]

@SophosLabs I saw a Wordpress site called BypassFanPages that lets you see content that were spamming on Facebook. (includes an explanation in the Hoaxes category)

Unfortunately, some postings are so NSFW. :(

[ThePsychoticScyth396]

@SophosLabs what happens?