Fake BBC videos are used to trick PC users on Facebook
It’s not a new thing to be bombarded by fake Facebook messages titled with ‘How tragic!!!’, ‘You won’t believe this!!!’ and other phony alerts you are expected to believe. However, now scammers are trying to use fake BBC websites to promote the completely fake things, like malware and viruses.
Some days ago security experts announced about working from home scams that were trying to convince users to sign up for a working from home scheme. The page which was promoting this scam looked just like BBC website! Another scam was about Lady Gaga which was announced to be found dead in her hotel room. Victims were offered to click on a BBC video to make sure it’s true. Of course, clicking on the link led to ultimately fake webpage which was pretending to contain this BBC News video report which additionally was saying that some updates are missing.
The latest clickjacking scheme illegally using BBC name was noticed on Facebook as well. The message says:
Tragic…This girl killed herself because of what her dad posted on her wall…how sad and wrong…
Of course, this message included link leading the user to the page looking exactly like BBC’s but using the address: sqvw(dot)myfannso(dot)in/e/. This message is posted by ‘My Best Stalkers’ what doesn’t look very safe. We highly recommend you avoiding clicking on such scam messages being actively spread on Facebook these days. If you have been noticing unexpected virus attacks of Google redirections, scan your computer with a decent anti-spyware (Spyware Doctor recommended) or follow browser redirect removal guide.
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