Facebook Alert: Beware of Wasvideo.com Phishing Scam

It seems that Facebook will always be under a unrelenting attack by cybercrooks as the latest warning is for Facebook users is to beware of the phishing site wasvideo.com that steals login credentials to Facebook accounts.

Scambook, a site dedicated to reporting on the latest scams on Facebook, recently released a blog post warning Facebook users of a bogus message circulating on the 1-billion user-strong social network. The message is one to trick users into clicking on a link to the site wasvideo.com.

The message below, if clicked on, redirects users to fizikubook.com as shown in Figure 1 below, which is a site that has recently been flagged on some web browser applications. The site is one that is designed to defraud Facebook users out of their account login information by closely resembling a legitimate Facebook login screen. If the user's browser actually loads the page, they will then be asked to enter their Facebook login. Doing so will automatically send the victim's Facebook username and password to a remote hacker where they could have unadulterated access to one's Facebook account.

What happens in the scam is that the bogus message is received on victimized Facebook user's inbox reading:

Are you in thiss videeo on FB Natalie:P Skip to 1:43 omggg lol. Tyype in wiithout spacces and search your name ——-> www .wasvideo. com

Figure 1. Fizikubook.com Facebook phishing site - source: Softpedia

Although this is a commonly used scam to extract Facebook usernames and passwords, it still has its effectiveness as gullible Facebook users always allow curiosity to get the best of them. If you suspect you are a victim of this scam, you should immediately change your Facebook password and alert all of your friends to beware of any messages similar to this one.