Identify Gift Card and Voucher Scams on Facebook

If one of your Facebook friends is promoting a shopping voucher, give away or gift card, you might as well think first before clicking on the link because click-jacking scams  that promise to give away gift cards and vouchers abound online.

How to Identify Gift Card and Voucher Scams on Facebook

One way to identify gift card and voucher scams is to consider whether the offer is too good to be true. If it is, then it likely is a scam.  Googling for information about the offer can also help.

Things to Do when You See Fake Offers on Facebook

1. Ignore the message. The link will likely lead you to another page that may prompt you to answer survey ads or download malicious application.

2. If you think the offer is legitimate, make sure to use Google for to find further information and confirmation that the offer is legit.
3. If the offer turned out to be a fake, flag the message as spam by clicking the x mark button on the right side of the message.

4. Help keep your friends safe from gift card and voucher scams on Facebook by informing them about fake offers.

Below are some of the widely circulated fake gift card and voucher offers online:

Eat at McDonalds for Free

With thousands of branches and chains worldwide, McDonald's is undeniably one of the most popular, if not the most successful of the fast food restaurants worldwide. It is currently the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants with presence in 119 countries serving approximately 68 million customers everyday.

Unfortunately, McDonald's popularity also have drawbacks since the iconic name has repetitively been used in spreading false humors and bogus offers in the social networking site Facebook. Together with such Starbucks, Best Buys and a number of popular other consumer brands, hoax news and fake offers from MacDonalds is often used to lure innocent people to answer surveys or provide their personal details to online scammers.

If you love the popular fastfood chain McDonalds, be sure not to fall to survey scams that distribute fake MCDonals meal vouchers to dupe facebookers into reposting the scam and answering surveys:

Eat at McDonalds for FREE! (limited time only)
McDonald’s is currently giving away free meal vouchers to all Facebook users!!
Walmart is giving away $1,000 gift cards

Wouldn’t it be nice if Walmart is giving away $1,000 gift cards by simply asking people to share or do rewards survey on Facebook? As good as this may sound, however, any messages you see in the social networks telling you of Walmart distributing gift cards for almost everyone is a hoax.

£250 Asda Shopping Voucher
Target $500 Gift Card Giveaway
Applebee's Gift Card
$500 Woolworths Voucher Scam

$500.00 Victoria Secret Gift Cards

One of these new scams appear to target ladies who may drool on the supposed Victoria’s secret merchandises that they dream of getting their hands to if they receive the supposed free gift cards on Facebook. By how the messages are reshared on Facebook, it appear that the gift cards are distributed by the popular lingerie brand for Facebook users.
Get Dunkin Donut Gift Card for FREE! (limited time only)

Regal/AMC Movie Tickets
The biggest and most awaited movies of the year is hitting the cinemas this summer: The Avengers and the Men In Black 3, for example. Scammers, however, are also looking forward to the excitement generated by these movies since they have been using supposed free Regal/AMC movie tickets as bait to make people fall to survey scams.

Free Walgreens Gift Card

Scammers on Facebook keep luring and deceiving people to click the links they spread in the social network by making use of bogus give aways. Apparently the Christmas season and the coming new year make the Facebook give away scams perfect for making people visit survey scam sites or provide their personal information such as their emails and telephone numbers.

$25 Tim Hortons Gift Card

Costco Gift Card

Amazon.com Gift Card

Here’s the newer variation of the Outback gift caRd Facebook scam, a message that claims you’ll get free Tim Horton gift card/ coupon if you share the message on your wall and do some survey.

Free Cheese Factory Gift Cards

Argos Gift Cards

Free KFC Gift Card 

If you are rooting for a KFC lunch, don't trust the messages circulating in Facebook to give you free meals. Scammers are yet again distributing fake gift card messages in the social network the latest using the name of KFC. Here's the misleading messages being reshared by non suspecting Facebook users at the moment:

Get $100 KFC Gift Card (limited time only) CLICK HERE & CLAIM NOW
KFC is currently giving away $100 gift card to 10,000 lucky Facebook users!

KFC already denied the claims of this fraudulent give away via a statement in their Australian Facebook Page:

Hi all KFC Australia Fans,
We have had a number of questions and posts to the page regarding the $100 gift voucher offer currently being circulated on Facebook.
We can confirm that this is NOT an official offer and apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused. If you have installed an application or connected the offer to your account we would advise you remove it immediately. Thank you.

If you wonder why bogus vouchers and gift cards are getting rampant on Facebook, scammers actually earn money whenever people answer surveys that they prompt whenever links to these misleading gift cards are clicked. Do not fall to these give away scams on Facebook.

Free $100 McDonald’s Gift Card for Mother’s Day

Sharing to mothers in your network a message on Facebook that promises to give free $100 McDonald’s gift card for Mother’s Day isn't really a nice way of saying Happy Mother's day to your mom friends because this is a scam. If you're a mom, don't get duped into believing MCDonalds is giving away giftcards for you today because this is not true.

$1000 Visa Gift Card 

The link will ask you to answer surveys supposedly to determine whether you are qualified for the visa gift card.
Eat for Free at Pizza Hut 

After the the Starbucks voucher scam and the free $250 Outback Steakhouse gift card scam, another bogus offer is yet circulating on Facebook.  This time, the message says you can eat for free at the popular pizza restaurant Pizza Hut if you share or repost the message and its link, leave a comment and provide the information you are asked for.

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Get the Black Facebook

Get the New Facebook Black

How do you change the color of your Facebook or use the black Facebook? These features sound cool and you may have just learned about it from someone who have posted about it on Facebook. Unfortunately, these features do not yet exist.

If you see a post on Facebook about a feature that allows you to change your Facebook color or one that allows you to get the new black Facebook, be advised that this is a scam.

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="306"] A perspective of how a black Facebook theme may look like by rames.blogspot.com.[/caption]

Clicking on the get the new black Facebook link may direct you to a page where you will be prompted to do surveys. You may also be prompted to install a rogue facebook app that won't really give you the ability to change the color of your Facebook but instead will spam your friends on your behalf about this fake color changing feature.

Scammers spread misleading information about fake and non existent features on Facebook such as the Pink Facebook, dislike button and black Facebook to lure people to give their personal details and contact information. Scammers may use these details for their own advantage. Victims are also popularly redirected to survey scam pages. The scammers earn whenever people answer of complete those surveys.

If your account starts to spam your friends with the new black Facebook messages, here's what you should do.

Go to your account settings, then apps.



Remove the rogue facebook app by clicking  x mark beside it.



Make sure that you also remove all the spammy posts the app has posted in your timeline.

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Free Twilight Vampire Contacts Scam

 

The final installment of the Twilight Saga movie series, the second part of Breaking Dawn will be released this month and scammers are already taking advantage of the Twilight fan base to set up Facebook pages with bogus offers.

A Twilight Facebook page, for example, with now over 35 thousand fans is offering bogus freebies: free Twilight Vampire contact lenses in different colors: golden, red and black. These, in exchange of liking and sharing the page.

“7 DAYS UNTIL BREAKING DAWN PART 2 IS OUT!,” the Facebook post reads. “To celebrate we’re giving away FREE Twilight Vampire contacts!”

The link for claiming the Twilight freebie, however, redirects to a phishing page that prompts you to enter your email, address and contact number. Be cautious of giving your personal details and contact information as scammers may use these to bombard you with more spam/scam.

How do you claim the free Twilight freebie you earned on Facebook?

Unfortunately, you won't receive any Twilight merchandise promised by bogus pages. Here's what you should do:

1. Report the fraudulent Twilight page by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking the "report page" link.



2. Make sure that you remove the scammy free Twilight vampire posts you have shared by clicking the x button beside the post.

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Raspberry Ultra Drops Facebook Scam

Has any of your friend posted a status message that looks more like an advert promoting Raspberry Ultra Drops? Then your friend's facebook account is likely compromised by a rogue application that causes his or her account to post spammy messages.

How to Deal with the Raspberry Ultra Trim Scam

Here are the things that you should do if your Facebook account is auto posting and sending  the Raspberry Ultra Drops Facebook scam message that looks like the one below:

Raspberry Ultra Drops is cool stuff! Really rocks! lost 6 pounds within a week

If you want to lose weight you should try Raspberry Ultra Trip! I am down 18 lbs as of today and I've only been doing it for 2 weeks. It's amazing. www.projetosegurancahumana.org/raspberry.html

1. Change your password as soon as possible.


2. Review applications you use. Go to Privacy settings > Ads, Apps and Websites > Edit Settings and click the x mark to remove the suspicious app. If you do not know which app to remove, try to remember the app that you may have used or granted permission before your account started posting the Raspberry messages. 


3. Remove all your spammy posts in your wall or your friends' walls.

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Scam Alert: Facebook is Having a Promo!

If you have seen a Facebook note or message that says something like this: Facebook is Having a Promo! I just went shopping and spent like $1000 for free! and which, when clicked,tells you that you can get a free $1,000 visa gift card, be aware this this is another Facebook scam. Scammers are distributing bogus free visa gift cards so they can get people to answer survey ads.

But It's Just a Survey
The surveys may appear harmless and some people, in the hopes of getting the freebies, still go ahead regardless of warnings. Survey ads may ask you for information such as your address and you contact number that scammers can use to send mores spam to you. In worst cases, these information may even get into the hands of identity thieves who may use the details for their own advantage.

Again,

• Facebook is not having a promo and you won't get any free visa gift card for answering surveys.


• Warn your friends about this scam by sharing this post on Facebook.

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Facebook Security Violation: What to Do if You Fell to this Scam

Why would Facebook security find your posts insulting to other Facebook users? You may have asked this when you received a Facebook security violation message that tells you your account will be disabled unless you confirm your account. The good thing is you did not likely receive a message from Facebook. You may have just received another fake message distributed by scammers in the internet.

The Facebook Security Violation Scam
Below is an example of the fake Facebook security violation message:

WARNING : Your account is reported to have violated the policies that are considered annoying or insulting Facebook users.system will disable your account within 24 hours if you do not do the reconfirmation.
Please confirm your facebook account below:
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http://recovery-info-security.at.hm/
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Thanks.
Facebook Security
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Verified Official Page™ ✔ All Rights Reserved ©

In a gist, this message pretends to be from the real Facebook security team so it can more effectively scare you of losing your account. The scammers take advantage of your concerns to make you do things that will profit or benefit them.

Once you attempt to "confirm your Facebook account", you will likely be presented with a fake Facebook page that can phish out important information from you such as your password. You will likely have more problems accessing your account once you give your login details to the scammers.

What to Do if You Fell to the Facebook Security Violation Scam
1. If your received the message as a private message or chat, ignore and delete.
2. If you already answered forms and you have been tricked to give your Facebook username and password, change your password as soon as possible.

Go to Your Account Setting.


Select password>> edit password



3. You should also warn your friends about this Facebook security violation scam by sharing this post on Facebook.

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Who Viewed Your Timeline?

Did a friend send you a request to approve an application so you can see who viewed your timeline? This and variations of the messages you will find below actually lead you to fake Facebook applications. Once you give these apps access to "post in your behalf", you will likely see them posting spammy and often misleading messages on your wall.

The app and the messages may also prompt your friends to visit a page or a site where they are directed to answer survey ads.

Wow, we can already see who viewed our profile. Try it here
Wanna know who your top followers or profile viewers are? Check it out here

How can You Stop these Malicious Apps from Spamming Your Wall?
1. You should flag the messages generated by this apps as spam:



2. Make sure that you also revoke the Who Viewed Your Timeline apps' access to post messages in your behalf. Go to settings and remove the rogue application:



3. Warn your friends that timeline profile viewer applications do not yet exist and the ones spreading on Facebook are scams. Share this post on Facebook.

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Scam Alert: Free Pair of Nike Shoes on Facebook

Has somebody invited you to an event entitled "Free Pair of Nike Shoes ( Just Do It!! )"? The event invitation tells you to invite friends so you can get the following free pairs of Nike shoes:

Invite 100 Friends = 1 Pair
Invite 200 Friends = 2 Pairs

The event you receive may also contain the following details:

Free Pair of Nike Shoes ( Just Do It!! )
Celebrating a whooping 3 billion dollars in profit, Nike have decided to giveaway Free pairs of Nike Shoes. Just Follow the steps to make sure you get one today. The Promo will end on the 1st of August 2012.

Since the promo says it will end by August 1, 2012, you will likely be inviting your friends to this event supposedly so you can get a pair of nice shoes from Nike. Unfortunately, this is yet another fake event on Facebook. The promised Nike shoes won't arrive in your doorstep regardless if you invite hundreds of your friends. This is a viral scam that promises non existent freebies and misleads people so they would answer surveys.

The Danger of Survey Scams on Facebook
Survey scams such as the one generated when you click the supposed Fans of Nike Shoes page solicit personal information from you. The survey questions may appear to be harmless but you may actually be giving your email or contact information that scammers can use against you.

What to Do if You Get the Free Pair of Nike Shoes Invitation
1. Scroll down to the bottom of the event page and you will see this:



2. Click report.
3. Warn your friends about this free pair of Nike shoes Facebook scam by sharing this article on Facebook.

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Thanx to FACEB00K group for finally releasing a w0rking app to check who VlEWED your PR0FlLE

There have been new variations of the profile viewer scams on Facebook:

Wooot! Thanx to FACEB00K group for finally releasing a w0rking app to check who VlEWED your PR0FlLE. Try to check your top stalkers at:

Love it! Huge thanx goes out to the FACEB00K team for releasing a w0rking app to check now who VlEWED your PR0FlLE.Know them here:

As it always does, the scam spreads in the social network via clickjacking ie. by taking over your friends' account and spread the scam messages under their names.

To date, the social networking giant has yet to release an application that will allow its users to view people who were viewing their profiles. If you see such an "application" being shared by a friend on Facebook, it is likely a clickjacking survey scam.

How to Deal with this Scam
If you see variants of the profile viewer scam in your newsfeed, make sure to mark it as spam. An example is provided below:



If you are the one spreading the message, remove the facebook app that is causing your account to send the message. You can find and remove the app via account settings--> then apps.



You should also make your friends know about this scam to prevent it from spreading. Share this post on Facebook.

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How to Remove Chatzum from Facebook

The chatzum for facebook is one of those applications that are spread as link in spammy chat messages. It also comes by many names. There's the zoomonwall that claims to magnify newsfeed images and increases speed of loading. There are also the usezoom and chatzoom but all these supposed apps lead to the chatzum site where visitors are prompted, often successfully, to install a toolbar in their browser.

Unfortunately, the chatzum toolbar doesnt do much to improve your Facebook user experience. Worse, those who installed the toolbar are likely sending spammy chatzum for facebook download chat messages to their friends.

How to Remove Chatzum from Facebook

To stop sending those spammy chat, revoke the app's access to your account by removing it from your apps and websites. You can edit this through the privacy settings.



You should also remove the toolbar from your browser. A detailed guide on how to remove chatzum from google chrome, firefox and IE can be found here.

If you found this post helpful, please share this to your friends on Facebook.

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Facebook Timeline Remover

Many Facebook users were not amused when their profile accounts switched to timeline. The demand to go back to the old Facebook is in fact so high it is not surprising that scammers start to target people who want to remove timeline and go back to the original profile layout.

Facebook Timeline Remover Scam

The Facebook timeline remover app is one example of a rogue facebook application. It promises to provide a non existent Facebook feature to opt out of timeline. Once you authorize this remove my timeline app to "post on your behalf", you will notice that it does not actually work. What it does is spam using your name to get others to install it with its misleading claims:

Remove Timeline and go back to the original profile layout

Are you frustrated you can't go back to the original profile layout? Now you can! Easy simple, and immediate fix to timeline!

Rogue Facebook apps such as this often lead you to survey scams.

To remove and stop this scam from spreading, mark its messages as spam and remove it from your Facebook apps list.

Make sure to also warn your friends about this scam. Share this article on Facebook.

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Ultra Drops for Healthy Fast Weight Loss

Warning: the messages your friends send you about HCG Ultra Drops on Facebook is a scam. Do not be misled into believing that your friends who send you messages about Ultra Drops for healthy fast weight loss have actually used the product, found it effective and personally endorse and recommend it. This weight loss spam is a shrewd way of marketing the HCG Ultra Drops product.

If you want to slim down you should try this... I am down 18 lbs as of today and I've only been doing it for 2 weeks.. it's amazing

Ultra Drops for Healthy Fast Weight Loss
sculptors.co.il
Lose a pound or more each day with no effort. Discover the secret to natural, permanent weight loss. Make a positive change in your life today.

Dealing with the HCG Ultra Drops Facebook Spam

• 1. Report HCG ultra drops spam messages by clicking the x mark beside the post and "mark as spam".


• 2. Do not click on wall posts and chat messages that promote and link to the HCG ultra drops websites. Clicking on these links will likely cause your account to automatically spread spam messages promoting the weight loss product even without your consent.


• 3. Warn your friends about the HCG Ultra Drops facebook spam so they don't fall to this scam. Share this article on facebook and twitter.

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Facebook Disneyland Giveaway

Sorry moms and kids but you're not gonna have free passes to Disney land this summer by liking or joining a page on Facebook or even inviting all of your friends to do the same. The Facebook Disneyland giveaway hoax is simply after you so you get to answer survey ads.

Disney Land/Disney World Ticket Giveaways on Facebook
The messages spreading on Facebook promising you of Disney Land tickets and passes for free in exchange of answering rewards surveys are a scam and definitely a waste of your time. You will only be prompted to visit scam sites that will ask you to fill out surveys or tell you to provide your personal information but you will not receive Disney Land/Disney World tickets in exchange for your effort.

The Dangers of Survey Scams

The survey that is prompted to you by this Disneyland Facebook ticket giveaway may look harmless. Some people even just go ahead and answer the questions. Unfortunately, the email address and the contact details that you provide when you answer the surveys may be used by cyber scumbags to send you more spam. The information they gather from you may be used against you so you should be cautious with survey ads.

Remember not to invite your friends to like this fake Disneyland giveaway page. Make sure to report as spam when you see this message spreading in your wall:

Receive 4 Disney Land/Disney World Tickets FREE (Limited Time Only!)
Celebrating a shopping $2billion profit in 2011, Disneyland has decided to giveaway free tickets to facebook users.

Warn your friends about this Facebook Disneyland giveaway hoax, share this post on Facebook.

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Facebook Virus Removal

This article provides information on how to remove Facebook virus wall posts and what to do when your FB account gets compromised by spammy and malicious apps. Do note that the term "Facebook viruses", as this article uses, actually refers to clickjacking scams, hoaxes and rogue Facebook apps.

Facebook Virus Removal

• To get rid of Facebook viruses (i.e clickjacking scams, rogue apps, hoax messages and facebook chat spam) uninstall rogue applications you have provided access to your account. You can stop these spammy apps from abusing your account by removing them in your list of applications. Go to account settings > apps and websites > click x mark beside app name to remove.

• You may also want to remove all of the automated posts made by the rogue app. To do this, find those messages in your wall or in your friends' walls and mark these as spam:

• "Facebook virus chat" messages may have prompted you to install toolbars or plugins into your computer. Make sure to uninstall these as they can change the settings of your PC or worse, threaten the privacy and security of your computer. It's also a good idea to scan your computer for any possible virus or malwares using a legitimate antivirus (beware of rogue AV softwares).


• Change your Facebook account password.

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Facebook Viruses

If you are concerned about the security of your Facebook account and you fear of getting compromised by Facebook viruses, consider reading this post which aims to straighten up some wrong information about Facebook viruses. We hope that this article will also equip you with helpful facts and tips so you can better secure your FB account from rogue applications that can potentially download viruses and malicious files into your PC.



Facebook Viruses Don't Exist
The paranoia among some people about getting Facebook viruses can be attributed to viral Facebook virus spam messages that warn about malwares spreading in the social network. Technically, so far, however, there is no such thing as a Facebook virus. Clicking on malicious links spread via chat or wall post WON'T INFECT YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT.

"Something is posting spam in my Facebook and sends chat without my knowing, isn't this a Facebook virus?"

Facebook viruses technically do not exist as pointed out earlier. When people say Facebool viruses, they likely refer to clickjacking scams, rogue apps, hoax messages and facebook chat spam. A clickjacking scam automates posting of spammy messages in your wall. Clickjacking scams are usually characterized by what appear to be videos, images and articles of controversial nature that can potentially arouse curiosity. These messages often come with links that direct to third party sites and pages. These landing pages typically have survey tests or prompt users to install or download a potentially malicious toolbar or application. Your account sends out or posts messages "without your consent" not because you have a virus but more likely because you have installed an application you agreed to post in your behalf.

But you can get computer virus through Facebook!

This happens when you click message or video links on Facebook that actually direct you to pages outside of Facebook. These sites or pages may host malicious files or prompt you to download files that are bundled with viruses and malwares.

How to Secure Your Facebook Account
THINK TWICE BEFORE CLICKING LINKS OR INSTALLING APPS. Always be cautious when clicking any links you see in Facebook. Links spread on Facebook may redirect you to pages where you are bombarded by ads, survey scams or prompt you to install or download malwares. If you account is already compromised, you may want to read this post on facebook virus removal as it provides step by step guide on how to remove facebook virus.

Don't forget to share this on Facebook.

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Zoomer on Facebook

If somebody has posted a status message on Facebook or sent you a message via chat inviting you to use Zoomer, we advise that you refrain from clicking the attached link (that redirects to the website piccatori.com). Installing the application prompted by these zoomer messages is also not a good idea.

What is Zoomer?
Zoomer describes itself as an application that can magnify news feed images in your Facebook by hovering the cursor over the image. Zoomer also claims to increase the speed of loading. Unfortunately,  zoomer is just another name variation of chatzum and can be aptly described as yet another spammy Facebook application that automates posting of zoomer marketing posts in your wall. It also spams your friends via chat. Once you have installed this app, you will likely be sending this message whenever you chat with your friends in Facebook:

[[[1242183658]]] is using Zoomer to magnify your news feed images when hovering with the mouse. and INCREASES the speed of loading. #1166032 http://bit.ly/QuickZoom?6920030800

How to Stop Zoomer from Spamming Your Wall and Chat

•   Find the zoomer post you or your friend have posted and mark this as spam:

• If you have allowed this zoomer spam application to have access to your Facebook account, go to your ACCOUNT SETTINGS and then APPS. Find the app (if named to something else, find the latest app you used before you start to send out spammy messages) and then click the x mark beside it to delete the application.

•  If you have installed any toolbar prompted by chatzoom, follow the instructions below:

For Windows users:

1. Click windows START button
2. Select Setting /Control panel
3. Select “add remove programs”
4. Select ChatZum Toolbar
5. Select Uninstall

For those using Firefox:

Select tools > options > general tab > “manage add-ons” and select remove chat send

Chrome:

Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar > Tools > Extensions > Click Uninstall ChatZum.

•  Warn your friends about installing apps like chatzoom and zoomer, share this post on Facebook.

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Free Pair of Ray- Bans on Facebook

It's summer, the best time of the year to wear sunglasses and when it comes to shades and sunglasses, the brand name Ray-Ban retains its prominence. Unfortunately, scammers have been using the popularlity of Ray-ban to scam facebook users. Here's a versopm of the bogus freebie circulating in the social network.

Get a Free Pair of Ray-Bans! (limited time only)!
Current Limited offer
To Celebrate the Summer, We are Giving Away Free Ray-Bans to All Facebook Users!

Why It is a Scam
The free pair of Ray-Bans give away is actually a survey scam. You will be asked to answer surveys before you can supposedly get your free sunglasses (which, unfortunately, does not happen). Moreover, you may even end up spending money. Some of these survey scams may ask for you mobile phone number and you will actually end up signing up for an expensive premium rate service.

What You Should Do
Make sure to mark as spam and remove the Free Pair of Ray- Bans on Facebook messages on Facebook.

Warn your friends about this scam by sharing this post on Facebook.

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Metacafe Videos on Facebook

If your Facebook account is automating posting and sharing of Metacafe videos you watch online, you have likely

enabled the Metacafe app to post in your wall in your behalf. This can be uncomfortable if not annoying at times because people get to know the videos you watch. Here's what you can do to stop this Metacafe videos from spamming your wall:

1. Go to Your Account Settings:



2. On the left-hand corner, click apps and find the Metacafe Facebook app. Click the x mark beside it. This message will show up:

If you remove Metacafe, it will be taken off your timeline, bookmarks and from the list of apps you use in your settings. You can also block apps to prevent them from accessing the non-public information you share with others who use them.

3. Click remove. Your Facebook account should stop showing videos you watch on Metacafe.

4. Additionally, find all messages by your or by your friends sharing metacafe videos on Facebook and mark these messages as spam.

5. Share this post on how to remove Metacafe spam
to your Facebook friends.

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Facebook Timeline Plus Scam

"Facebook timeline plus" is supposedly a Facebook application that promises to allow you to see who's viewing your timeline (statistics) and provide you with an advance privacy settings  through which you can go private or reveal

who hides as offline in your chatbox. The timeline plus app also claims to allow you to change your timeline color and theme  via new timeline plus designs and color palettes.

Cool!!! This is the best update Facebook has ever made! You can now Design your own Timeline! Easy to use Timeline designer on TIMELINE PLUS Try it here>>>

Facebook Timeline Plus Scam


While many Facebook users clearly want to have these features added to the functionality of their accounts, it is clear that the app is another hoax. Facebook has not rolled out viewer statistics, advance privacy settings and new timeline color palette features and even if they plan to do so in the future, Facebook itself will give the official announcement just as they did when they acquired instagram earlier this week.

Fake facebook apps are known to redirect victims to survey sites or prompt them to download files that can be harmful to their computer (e.g viruses and similar malwares).  Stay away from providing Facebook timeline plus access to your Facebook account. Otherwise, the app will likely use your account to spam your friends and tag them with photos that will lure more to use this rogue Facebook app.

Removing Facebook Timeline Plus

If you have been duped by this malicious app and your account is spamming your friends to use Facebook Timeline Plus, here's what you should do:

• Untag yourself from posts or images promoting the Facebook timeline plus scam. This will help prevent others from seeing the misleading post or image of the timeline plus.

• Go to ACCOUNT SETTINGS and then APPS. Find the Facebook timeline plus app (if named to something else, find the latest app you used before you start to send out spammy messages.

• Click the x mark beside the app  to remove it.

• Your Facebook should stop sending spam now.

• Warn your friends about “Timeline Plus” Facebook messages, share this post on Facebook.

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Dailymotion Facebook Spam

Dailymotion Videos on Facebook
Have you been watching Dailymotion videos and you notice that you automatically share these videos to your friends on Facebok? It's annoying when the videos you watch show up in your Facebook feed as if announcing and informing people what you were watching online.

How to Stop Dailymotion from Sharing Videos You Watch

You have likely approved Dailymotion's request to access posts in your news feed which explains why the app can automatically post in your behalf. Here's what you can do to stop Dailymotion from spamming your Facebook wall.

1. Go to Your Account Settings



2. On the left-hand corner, click apps and find the Dailymotion Facebook app. Click remove.



3. Click remove when this message shows up:

If you remove Dailymotion, it will be taken off your timeline, bookmarks and from the list of apps you use in your settings. You can also block apps to prevent them from accessing the non-public information you share with others who use them.

4. Your Facebook account should no longer show videos you watch on Dailymotion.
5. Share this post to your Facebook friends.

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