14 DAY TRIAL // Messages claiming to take Facebook users to an app that does virtual ageing to show what 20 years can do to one’s face are currently being distributed on the social network.
Recipients are shown an image sample purporting to be the result of someone that has already used the app. It shows a young woman and her 20 years older counterpart; as expected, the demonstrative picture is very convincing.
The potential victims who follow the link provided in the message are taken to a page outside Facebook that provides a log-in screen allegedly to sign into the social network.
Alert bells should be ringing like crazy at this point, since leaving Facebook’s website does not log the user out and the request to provide the access credentials is a clear sign of a scam.
Any information provided in the fields on the fake website is automatically delivered to the crooks, OTA says, who can then have unfettered access to the Facebook account if the two-factor authentication (2FA) security measure is not enabled.
Once in, the cybercriminals have a wide range of possibilities to run their scams on the friends of the victim; they can also use the compromised account to distribute other fraudulent messages, that could lead to malware.
Given that not many users of the social network have 2FA turned on and that the lure is quite attractive, there is a good chance that a large number of people fall for the trick.
