On January 2008 a “secret crush” widget scam was discovered on the popular networking website Facebook. It uses the “secret crush” application on Facebook to deceive users into installing Zango which is an ad-delivery application. Potential victims are informed that one of their Facebook friends has invited them to find out more information by using the secret crush widget- “One of your friends might have a crush on you”. Once the victim selects to “Find Out Who”, he/she is taken to Facebook’s standard application addition page where he/she needs to specifically allow the application to, among other things, “know who I am and access my information” and “publish stories in my News Feed and Mini-Feed”. After the victim has added the application , he is notified that he needs to invite at least five friends who will eventually become preys to this scam. Subsequently,the victim is taken to the download page for “Crush Calculator” and if they complete the installation, they will have acquired Zango.
Source:
http://www.powerset.com/explore/semhtml/Zango
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