Facebook Scam "Yeahh!! It happens on Live Television!"

Recently covered about a Facebook worm which targeted a whole lot of facebook users. It's really sad to see that these types of scams keep growing and facebook hasn't really been able to successfully give protection to their users from such scams.

A new bloke in the list "Yeahh!! It happens on Live Television!", the most viral one yet, is spreading like a wildfire among facebook users.

The following status on one of my friend's wall bought my attention first towards this scam:

Lady is the above screen shot is Marika Fruscio an Italian Model, She had Wardrobe malfunction (Accidental exposure of intimate parts) on a live TV show, which is what the scam refers to.

On clicking the link, Facebook users are directed to the folllowing page:



In order to play the video the user has to click the button "jaa", which appears as an age verification system required in order to watch the video. when you click on "jaa" you are infact clicking on a hidden link which consequently post the same link on each of your contact's wall. Next a survey is prompted which the user needs fill in order to watch the video, thus helping the scammers make tons of money.




While searching related to the scam on the internet, I managed to find the source code of the scam on pastebin, This proves that there is not a single body behind this scam, with the source code available in public, any one could create a website and inject the malicious javascript in to it and start scamming.

How To Remove The Scam?


It's fairly easy to remove the scam, all you need to do is to report it to facebook.

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Basic's of Facebook

So, you are new to social networking. If this is the case, then you will no doubt be wondering how on earth you operate the social networking maze that is Facebook.
Fortunately, this site is actually really easy to navigate and utilize once you are made aware of the basic functions that this site has to offer.
The good thing about Facebook is that it allows you to keep in contact with all of the people in your life on a day to day basis. Let’s take a look at some of the most basic functions.
First, you are going to want to learn about your wall. Every Facebook user has a wall built into their profile. This wall is used for your friends to comment on, your status updates, and links and images that have been sent to you.
As well as this, any pictures that you have been tagged in will be displayed on your wall. Your wall is essentially the focal point of your profile, which is why it is important that you understand what it is and what it does. So, now we have gotten that out of the way, what’s next?
Your news feed. The feed is probably the most important thing about Facebook. Your news feed is where your friends status updates and activity on the site is displayed. For example, if one of your friends has updated their status then it will be displayed on your news feed which is on your home page.
It will also show when your friends write on other people’s walls, comment on pictures or links, or add new pictures and videos. This is the page that you will see first when you log into Facebook. By switching between top news and most recent you will be able to see different information.
The next thing that you need to know about is the ‘like’ function. So, imagine one of your friends has updated their status to something that you find funny. Instead of telling them, you can click the ‘like’ button which is displayed under their status. This will then be displayed. If you like a band, then you can like them on the site.
If you like a saying or a quote then you will also be able to click the ‘like’ button. The same principal can be used for pictures or videos.
These are the three basic functions that you should definitely know about before you sign up to Facebook.
As you can see, the basic functions really are quite simple to understand, and very simple to use.
These will help you on your way to connecting with the people in your life and making the most out of the technology on offer today. As long as you know these things, the rest is fairly easy to figure out once you become a regular Facebook user. It will all click into place on its own and you will see how great this site can be if you know how to use it. 

The Role of Social Web Sites in Teenager's Life

“If you’re not on MySpace, you don’t exist” – Skyler, 18, to her mom1

“I'm in the 7th grade. I'm 13. I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not the president of the

student body. Or captain of the debate team. I'm not the prettiest girl in my class.

I'm not the most popular girl in my class. I'm just a kid. I'm a little shy. And it's

really hard in this school to impress people enough to be your friend if you're not any

of those things. But I go on these really great vacations with my parents between

Christmas and New Year's every year. And I take pictures of places we go. And I

write about those places. And I post this on my Xanga. Because I think if kids in

school read what I have to say and how I say it, they'll want to be my friend.” –

Vivien, 13, to Parry Aftab during a “Teen Angels” meeting2

During 2005, online social network sites like MySpace and Facebook became common

destinations for young people in the United States. Throughout the country, young

people were logging in, creating elaborate profiles, publicly articulating their

relationships with other participants, and writing extensive comments back and forth. By

early 2006, many considered participation on the key social network site, MySpace,

essential to being seen as cool at school. While not all teens are members of social

network sites, these sites developed significant cultural resonance amongst American

teens in a short period of time. Although the luster has since faded and teens are not

nearly as infatuated with these sites as they once were, they continue to be an important

part of teen social life.

The rapid adoption of social network sites by teenagers in the United States and in many

other countries around the world raises some important questions. Why do teenagers

flock to these sites? What are they expressing on them? How do these sites fit into their

lives? What are they learning from their participation? Are these online activities like

face-to-face friendships – or are they different, or complementary? The goal of this

chapter is to address these questions, and explore their implications for youth identities.

While particular systems may come and go, how youth engage through social network

sites today provides long-lasting insights into identity formation, status negotiation, and

peer-to-peer sociality. 

To address the aforementioned questions, I begin by documenting key features of social

network sites and the business decisions that lead to mass adoption, and then seek to

situate social network sites in a broader discussion of what I call “networked publics.” I

then examine how teens are modeling identity through social network profiles so that

they can write themselves and their community into being. Building on this, I investigate

how this process of articulated expression supports critical peer-based sociality because,

by allowing youth to hang out amongst their friends and classmates, social network sites

are providing teens with a space to work out identity and status, make sense of cultural

cues, and negotiate public life. I argue that social network sites are a type of networked

public with four properties that are not typically present in face-to-face public life:

persistence, searchability, exact copyability, and invisible audiences. These properties

fundamentally alter social dynamics, complicating the ways in which people interact. I

conclude by reflecting on the social developments that have prompted youth to seek out

networked publics, and considering the changing role that publics have in young people’s

lives.

Methodology and Demographics

The arguments made in this chapter are based on ethnographic data collected during my

two-year study of United States-based youth engagement with MySpace. 

In employing the term ethnography, I am primarily referencing the practices of “participant

observation” and “deep hanging out”3 alongside qualitative interviews. I have moved

between online and offline spaces, systematically observing, documenting, and talking to

young people about their practices and attitudes.

While the subjects of my interviews and direct observations are primarily urban youth

(ranging in age, sex, race, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, and socio-economic class), I have

also spent countless hours analyzing the profiles, blogs, and commentary of teenagers

throughout the United States. Although I have interviewed older people, the vast majority

of people that I have interviewed and observed are of high school age, living with a

parent or guardian. There is no good term to reference this group. Not all are actually

students (and that role signals identity material that is not accurate). Vague terms like

“youth,” “young people,” and “children” imply a much broader age range. For these

reasons, and in reference to the history of the term “teenager” in relation to compulsory

high school education4, I have consciously decided to label the relevant population

“teenagers” even though the majority of individuals that I have spoken with are 14-18.

While strictly speaking, there are non-high school age individuals in this category, the

vast majority of them are; I will focus primarily on that group. 

In examining the practices of teenagers on social network sites, I focus primarily on

MySpace. This will be my primary case study, although my discussion of these sites is

applicable more broadly; I will reference other sites as appropriate. I should note that

prior to studying teen practices on MySpace, I did a two-year ethnographic study of

Friendster, another social network site. While it is unlikely that MySpace will forever be 

the main destination site for teenagers, I use this site because its mass popularity offers

critical insight into participation patterns that do and will exist on other sites.

Although news media give the impression that all online teens in the United States are on

MySpace, this is not the case. For this reason, I want to take a moment to discuss who is

not participating. In 2004, PEW found that 87% of teenagers aged 12-17 have some level

of Internet access.5 In a study conducted in late 2006, they found that 55% of online teens

aged 12-17 have created profiles on social network sites with 64% of teens 15-17.6

While these numbers are most likely low7, it is very clear that not all high school students

participate in online communities that require public content creation like social network

sites.

Qualitatively, I have found that there are two types of non-participants: disenfranchised

teens and conscientious objectors. The former consists of those without Internet access,

those whose parents succeed in banning them from participation, and online teens who

primarily access the Internet through school and other public venues where social

network sites are banned.8 Conscientious objectors include politically minded teens who

wish to protest against Murdoch’s News Corp. (the corporate owner of MySpace),

obedient teens who have respected or agree with their parents’ moral or safety concerns,

marginalized teens who feel that social network sites are for the cool kids, and other teens

who feel as though they are too cool for these sites. The latter two explanations can be

boiled down to one explanation that I heard frequently: “because it’s stupid.” While the 

various conscientious objectors may deny participating, I have found that many of them

actually do have profiles to which they log in occasionally. I have also found numerous

cases where the friends of non-participants create profiles for them.9 Furthermore,

amongst those conscientious objectors who are genuinely non-participants, I have yet to

find one who does not have something to say about the sites, albeit typically something

negative. In essence, MySpace is the civil society of teenage culture: whether one is for

it or against it, everyone knows the site and has an opinion about it.

Interestingly, I have found that race and social class play little role in terms of access

beyond the aforementioned disenfranchised population. Poor urban black teens appear to

be just as likely to join the site as white teens from wealthier backgrounds - although

what they do on there has much to do with their level of Internet access. Those who only

access their accounts in schools use it primarily as an asynchronous communication tool,

while those with continuous nighttime access at home spend more time surfing the

network, modifying their profile, collecting friends, and talking to strangers. When it

comes to social network sites, there appears to be a far greater participatory divide than

an access divide.

Gender appears to influence participation on social network sites. Younger boys are

more likely to participate than younger girls (46% vs. 44%) but older girls are far more

likely to participate than older boys (70% vs. 57%). Older boys are twice as likely to use

the sites to flirt and slightly more likely to use the sites to meet new people than girls of

their age. Older girls are far more likely to use these sites to communicate with friends

they see in person than younger people or boys of their age.10 While gender differences 

do exist and should not be ignored, most of what I discuss in this article concerns

practices that are common to both boys and girls.

Fundamentally, this chapter is a case study based on ethnographic data. My primary goal

is simply to unveil some of the common ways in which teenagers now experience social

life online.

(MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Learning – Youth, Identity, and Digital

Media Volume (ed. David Buckingham). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.)

Facebook Office

About Facebook:

Facebook, Inc. is a company that operates and privately owns social networking website, Facebook. Users can add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region. The website’s name stems from the colloquial name of books given at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students to get to know each other better.
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook with his college roommates and fellow computer science students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes while he was a student at Harvard University.  The website’s membership was initially limited to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It later expanded further to include any university student, then high school students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over. The website currently has more than 350 million active users worldwide, and increasing every day.

So what is your choice? I already made up my mind but I won’t tell you mine :)

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