Based on a report which was recently posted on a website, there are two new facebook scams that you should be aware of.
One is offering you a free iPhone 6 when you like their page, fill out a survey and then share a link to their site with your friends. According to Hoax-Slayer.com, "Some of the available surveys want you to provide your mobile phone number, ostensibly to go in the draw for extra prizes or offers. But by submitting your number, you will actually be subscribing to a very expensive text-messaging “service” that will charge you several dollars every time it sends you a message."
The other scam will fool you to watch a video of a man killing her wife because she kisses another man. The video may be in short or long format. If you click the long video, you'll be taken to a third-party site that is dressed up to look like it's affiliated with Facebook. There will be convincing comments there left by other "viewers" about how shocking the video is and that you must click it and that you won't believe your eyes and blah, blah, blah, big gigantic scam.
When you watch the actual video, you'll be prompted to first share the video with your friends and install a plugin before being allowed to watch it. This is where the malware comes in, as the blog Hot For Security explains: "When clicking on the install button, users end up downloading an executable file on their computers, which drops adware or malicious code, depending on their luck."
The blog says more than 4,000 people have already fallen for the scam. But at least now we know you won't be number 4,001.
Source: hlntv.com