Facebook “like-jacking”

There is a new spam on Facebook time line so Facebook is warning its users about it.  It is called like jacking, which is a Facebook enabled attack. It guides users into clicking a like button, which is hidden on external web pages. It draws its users to like feature and lead them to credit card as well as identity theft. Especially when messages come from users friend they tends to trust it. Facebook is warning that if it does not look like something your friends or family would send you do not trust and do not click on popular like feature. Users need to be very aware from this spam especially when it doe not have any introductory language.
Facebook do not know the exact count of how many people have been victim of this spam.

If you are a victim of like jacking spam, immediately clean up your Facebook profile. Facebook profile can be clean by simply removing like button from your wall. By doing this you do not assist the spam artist to spread his like jacking feature to your friends and family. In order to remove a like button from your wall just click on profile in your Facebook home page. Click on the little X on the top right corner of the message. Message or like will be removed when you select “Remove and Unlike” from the menu.