Tuesday, 12 June 2012

New Facebook Spam - Verify your Facebook account

New Facebook Verification Spam
Today I received a notification from my friend
Verify Facebook account notification
First of all, if Facebook want you to verify your account, it will not come in notification section they will display it on the home screen itself.
When you open the link, you will get a screen on which will look like the first image, If you click “Click here to verify” it will ask you to give permission

Permission facebook verification spam
if you give permission , it will ask you to verify your account by inviting your friends. and it want you to invite all your friends
verify all friends
When you send invitations it will ask you to verify your age by attending a survey
verify survey

If you have given permission to your account
1) Go to Privacy Settings.
privacy settings facebook
2) Scroll down to Apps and Websites and edit your settings.
Ads, Apps and Websites
3). click Remove unwanted or spammy apps or Edit Settings
Remove unwanted or spammy apps.
4) Remove the “Verify Your Account”
Remove unwanted or spammy apps, remove button