Facebook scams are nothing new. They seem to appear with every new disaster that occurs in reality. We have reported a number of scams that are spreading like wildfire on Facebook. A couple of days earlier, Facebook was hit with a massive Amy Winehouse Death Video Scam that promised to show a leaked video of the singer, hours before her death.

Today I noticed a new scam going viral where users are clicking on links and posting updates saying [NSFW] Webcam Girl Failwhich has a description that states Silly girl wants to tease some guys on her webcam – The Fail was obvious!

In order to view the video, the scam asks you to verify that you are older than 18 years of age by clicking Jaa. Your Facebook account will be click-jacked and like-jacked if you click on Jaa. Doing so, it will automatically post and likethe scam message on your wall. You will then be redirected to another page where you are asked to complete a survey.

However, even after you have verified” your age and honestly completed all surveys, you will not be shown with any video.

Spammers take advantage of users curiosity and post messages with keywords like free iPad, wardrobe malfunction, committed suicide, exposing breastsand so on. Users fall for this trap and become victims of click-jacking and like-jacking on Facebook which will ask users to complete a survey and lead them to a scam website.

This is usually done in order to drive traffic to scam websites or to earn money. For every survey completed, the spammer earns money as commission. It is always advised that you avoid such scam messages that contains keywords/phrases that makes you curious.

If you come across this scam on your Facebook news feed, it is advised to delete the message by clicking on Xmark and reporting it to Facebook Security.

Here’s an article on Avoiding Facebook Lifejacking and Clickjacking scams. We have also compiled a list of Actively Spreading Scams on Facebook for you to look through.  You might also want to  use a security application for protecting you from Facebook scams. As a precautionary measure, always check which applications you use and remove unwanted or suspicious ones. If you aren’t sure how to do it, you can always check our guide on  removing apps from Facebook.