Been looking at facebook scams. If you click on a friends post that takes you to a facebook page asking you to click “continue” or some such thing, leave it alone. Also, if it requires you to “Like” it before you can read it, remember that that too is placing a post on your profile before you’ve even seen what you are “Like”ing.
By clicking on it you will place similar ads on your own profile automatically. If this happens to you, be sure to go to your own profile right away to clean up the posts.
If you cannot read something without clicking on a link, don’t do it..
Apparently these scams are numerous, but also be even more careful of the phishing attack, and if you are ever asked to enter your username and password make sure the url is really Facebook’s (ie www.Facebook.com). If you make this mistake, immediately change your Facebook password.
You can read more about Facebook scams here http://ldw.me/k5
Thank you for posting this information. I would love to share more information on scams and fraud with you and your readers. There is so much out there that people need to be on guard for.
A new post from Mashable about setting your security on Facebook:
http://mashable.com/2011/02/07/facebook-privacy-guide/