14 DAY TRIAL // Facebook scammers are at work again trying to capitalize on people's desire to know who viewed their profiles by promoting a rogue app called Creeper Tracker Pro.
The "find out who is watching you" spam messages direct users to an external page claiming that in order to install the application they need to complete one of several offers or surveys.
"The links above will open a new window. The Profile Creeper window will remain open and tracking your completion of one of our surveys or offers above," the scammers note.
"Once one of these forms has been filled out, the button below will become unlocked and you will be able to see you top ten creepers," they add.
Obviously, that won't happen because no application is able to display profile visitors. This feature does not exist on Facebook and the website is clear about it in its FAQ section.
"Facebook does not provide a functionality that enables you to track who is viewing your profile, or parts of your profile, such as your photos.
"Third party applications also cannot provide this functionality. Applications that claim to give you this ability will be removed from Facebook for violating policy," the company says.
Nevertheless, enough users seem to be tricked by such scams, because this theme has been reused over and over again.
Many past scams promoted an app called "Profile Spy," but since users started catching on the fact that its fake, the scammers have adopted a new name.
Security researchers from GFI Software report that a rogue app called "VIP Access Now" is involved in this attack, however, its purpose is to send spam from people's accounts.
It does this by asking users for permission to post on their wall, access their chat feature and manage their events, which should always trigger one's suspicion.
"Do yourself a favour, and steer clear of this one – there are quite a few comments posted to the 'VIP Access' page stating that it doesn’t work," advises Christopher Boyd, senior researcher at GFI.
