Last tim I informed you about Facebook Spam: I’ve just watched this video and can’t he got away with this! and today we are back to let you know about latest Facebook Spam is spreading virally. This time this spam is in the form of Event and you will see this notification from your friends:
Free Best Buy Gift Card Event!
Here is a screenshot of this spam message:
Message which you will be getting is:
hey guys, this website is messing up right now and sending out free best buy gift cards to everyone for free without you having to complete any of those annoying advertisements. I don’t
know how long this is going to last… so hurry and get one before they fix the glitch!!!
Follow these steps exactly to get one:
1. Go here —> http://bit.ly/bgn5R4
…2. Enter your email
3. Enter your shipping address
4. Wait 3-5 business days to receive it in the mail!
Enjoy it!!!
When you will clock on the link you will be taken to Facebook event page and you will see every event is created by your individual friends.
I suggest not to click on such links and also share this article on Facebook and Twitter to inform about this latest spam on Facebook.
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Thanks for the alert
- Robin
I’m a victim of this SPAM … Looks like FaceBook’s default privacy setting for events is “anyone can add an event to my website” … crzy isn’t?
To stop this SPAM go to Account > Application Settings > Events > Edit Settings and change your privacy setting to “Only Me”.
FB…were you dreaming when this feature was being developed?
John
There was no option to click “only me.” I am also a victim of this spam and when I tried to delete this false event, a new one came up for FREE Apple iPad. All of my friend are mad.
John (II), if you go to Customize, you can choose “Only Me”
Won’t this just cover it up, though it’s still happening in the background? Ugh
Anyone know where this came from or something?
How can I find out who added this to my profile?
Grrrrrrr I got these stupid events sending to my friends too since yesterday.. furious
Same thing happened to me. some FB application seems to be doing this. i’ve reviewed all facebook applications in ” account > application settings” and I found some FB application that links to a spam page. I also found out that it also created an event without me knowing it.