Facebook and SPAM!

I am an avid Facebook user, and I do on occasion eat spam. However, I totally hate email spam or anything of the like. Apparently someone has been able to create a Facebook application that does just that. Spams all your friends. So, I am writing this quick blog to show how evil some people can be. The following is an email I sent to some of my friends and family who use Facebook:

Hello All:

Apparently a prank is going around on Facebook. Unfortunately, I have fallen victim to it… So, I apologize if you’ve already clicked on it. Well, on Facebook, many of you know of the notifications tab below. It’s nice to see activity (like if someone wrote on your wall or commented on something about you) – bottom right of screen next to the chat menu. Anyways, this is what it looks like:

I got a few of these from many of my friends on Facebook and clicked on it. The real notifications actually take you directly to the comment or tag. However, this fake link takes you to allow access to an application like this:

If you allow access, it takes you to a scary clown picture and the whole facebook page is garbled up. I am not sure what else it does, but apparently someone figured out how to spam all your friends on facebook with this application. So, essentially everyone will get a notification that you tagged them in a photo or commented on their status. Not sure if there is anything else it does…

REMOVAL OF UNWANTED APPLICATIONS:

If you have clicked on it, this is how you remove applications. Go to the bottom left of your screen on facebook and find the applications tab. It looks like this:

Now find the one that has something like the notification symbol:

Click the X to remove it.