Have You Heard of HCG Diet Facebook Spam

HCG Facebook Spam
This article provides information about the HCG diet facebook messages you may see posted or sent by your friends in the social network. This also provides a guide on how to stop HCG facebook spam from spreading in your network.

"Have you heard of HCG diet? AMAZING AND IT WORKS, I lost 2lbs in the last 3 days". Has one of your friends posted a status message or sent you a message like this?

HCG Facebook virus?
The message circulating on Facebook with the catchy phrase "Have you heard of HCG diet?" is actually a Facebook spam that promotes a diet/ weight loss product. Your friends whose facebook accounts have been compromised by this HCG facebook spam may unknowingly post promotional messages on their wall and may even spam you via chat and wall post.

Have you heard of HCG diet? AMAZING AND IT WORKS, I lost 2lbs in the last 3 days

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for the past few weeks I have been trying this new weight-loss product I saw on CNN. you should check this out too I have lost a bunch of weight. 18 lbs to be exact.

The HCG Diet Facebook Spam
Considering the growing number of obese and overweight people and the demand to find an effective and recommended weight loss product, spammers behind this HCG spam facebook messages can easily catch the attention of many Facebook users. Apparently, some weight loss product companies have found the popular social networking site a good haven for finding customers. Worse, the HCG diet message appears to have been voluntarily posted by facebookers and gives the impression that the product has been used and recommended by the person posting the message. This makes the HCG diet spam message and the product it promotes appear credible.

Things to Remember

• Do not purchase any product that employs clickjacking and spamming tactics on Facebook as a marketing strategy.

• Verify from your friends if the product, give away or service recommendations you see on their wall have been posted by them. This can be helpful considering the number of clickjacking scams on Facebook.

How to remove Have you heard of HCG diet facebook spam

Remove and stop this clickjacking scam from spreading in your facebook network by clicking the "X" button on the upper right side of the HCG diet spam facebook post and report this message as spam. Refer to the image below for your guide:



Make sure that you also delete any malicious application which causes your account to spam your friends on Facebook

Go to your Privacy Settings>Apps and Websites>Edit Your Settings>Apps you use>edit settings button


Find and click on the malicious app. (The app for the facebook HCG spam may vary but you can check unfamiliar and new applications).
Click on ‘Edit Settings’ and ‘remove app’.

Change your password.

It would also help if you update your antivirus software to the latest version and scan your computer for malicious programs.

Tell your friends about this HCG Diet spam by sharing this post in Facebook: