Yet another Facebook (
) scam? This is starting to get repetitive.
It seems that Facebook users have been receiving new messages from Facebook spammers. Although this one doesn’t seem to steal your username and passsword, it’s still annoying, potentially dangerous, and a bad reflection on Facebook’s security and spam filters.
The attack is sending spam messages to inboxes across Facebook with just one message: justfuns.in. The domain, which we advise you NOT to visit, seems to be random in where it redirects you. Some people have arrived at Viagra ads, while others have arrived at travel search engines. There’s really no telling what the goal of Justfuns.in is, except that it probably doesn’t have wholesome intentions.
The scam seems to be widespread - justfuns.in has been a top Google search trend for at least the last hour. It’s tough to tell exactly who is affected, so please remember to report any spam you receive on Facebook and to never enter your Facebook username and password anywhere except on Facebook.com.
There seems to be a recent trend of Facebook scams. Not even a week ago, we had the Fbaction.net phishing scam and the next day, the very similar Fbstarter.com phishing attempt. This is not only getting repetitive, but it’s potentially damaging to users and their Facebook accounts.
Spam is notoriously tough to fight, but Facebook needs to step up its efforts before a more severe scam hurts more of its users and damages Facebook’s reputation. To Facebook’s credit, a recent blog post outlines some steps that the company is taking to address the issue.
In any event, we’ll update here if we learn more about the Justfuns.in scam.
