Fraudsters offer a fake Facebook button "I do not" modeled on the popular "love" to collect personal information to defraud Internet users have warned Tuesday the social network and computer security firm Sophos ."Beware of false links to buttons I do not like Facebook + +" (in English dislike), the social network said on its page devoted to safety, Facebook Security. "We are working hard to prevent their spread," he adds.
"Users think to update the status of their Facebook page" but in fact, they send "a message without knowing their friends who recommends? Install turn" feature that false, Sophos said in a statement.
The button "I do not," which recalls the "I" to allow network members to express their opinion in one click on messages, links and comments from their friends, then not appear on the page.
However, users are asked to respond trapped in a survey through which scammers try to extract personal information (e-mail address, telephone number, hobbies, habits) that they then resell for marketing (targeted advertising, mailings) or hacking, told AFP a spokesman for Sophos.
The scam is even more pernicious than some social network members are calling for a button like "I do not," according to Sophos.
"This scam is different scams (scams English) lately since it does not play on the curiosity or videos shocking scandals of celebrities, but a function expected by many Facebook users," commented Michael Lanaspèze, marketing director at Sophos in Southern Europe, said in the statement.
Questioned by AFP, a spokeswoman for Facebook in France indicated that the social network "does not include the days of today" to propose such a button to its members.
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