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October 8th, 2012, 20:01 GMT · By

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17-Year-Old Drunk Girl Caught on Tape, Facebook Scam

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Videos of attractive girls while doing various things seems to be this month’s theme for Facebook scams. Experts have come across another one that attempts to trick users into completing surveys and signing up for premium SMS services.

“[STUNNING!!] She is 17-years-old, she did it publicly in high school while drunk, really stunning! Caught on tape- hOW she did it, AMAZING!!” reads the scammy post.

We don’t know what the poor girl did in public at her high school while being drunk, but we will probably never find out since the so-called video is just a way to lure unsuspecting users to a fake video page.

Here, victims are asked to complete a survey in order to verify their age. In the next phase, users are requested to provide their phone numbers, the information being utilized to sign them up for paid SMS services.

So, the next time you stumble upon such a post, be sure not to click on the links it contains. If you’re reading this because you already completed the survey and provided your phone number, be sure to call your mobile operators and have them block the service.

Also, take a look at your Facebook Timeline and remove all the posts that have been published on your behalf.

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Comment #1 by: nikki on 08 Dec 2012, 07:46 UTC reply to this comment

My husband is being targetted with this link. Three friends and family supposedly liked this. When I log into fb however, you can't see it on these other peoples' timelines nor on my own newsfeed. Do you know how my other half can get rid of this thing?

Comment #1.1 by: Seano on 14 Dec 2012, 06:19 GMT

When your husband sees this, hover over the post and you'll see an x in the top right corner. Click this and "report story or spam". This will hide it and give you a few options. The first one you should click is "Hide all stories from (insert page name)". That way, no matter who likes that page, assuming they originate from the same page, your husband won't see it.


Comment #2 by: Dirty Old Man on 20 Feb 2013, 11:29 UTC reply to this comment

Thanks for the info. I foolishly clicked but my anti-virus blocked the link from loading. Thank you Avast.


Comment #3 by: JEANIE on 14 Apr 2013, 17:50 UTC reply to this comment

-PLEASE TAKE THIS LINK OFF. I HAVENT POSTED THIS ,ITS CRUDE AND NEED IT ERASING .THANK YOU

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