Facebook Scam AVG detects this highly active Webthreat and its 1 known variant.

The most popular variant of Facebook Scam is Facebook Scam (type 1926)

What is Facebook Scam?

A Facebook Scam happens when you click on fake ads, offers, news, notifications and emails on Facebook, that give the attacker access to your account information and then use it to spread spam messages. These Facebook Scams range from "send money" messages to malicious scripts and phishing. All of which compromise your personal account information.

Statistics summary

Facebook Scam is a threat that is spreading. It is currently ranked 7 in the world for online threats. more ...

How can I remove Facebook Scam?

If you received a pop-up warning for Facebook Scam while you were surfing a website, chances are that the threat was blocked and there's nothing to remove. more ...

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Websites affected: 5310
Host countries: 43
Victim countries: 203
Affected Operating Systems: All Windows OS

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8	Invisible IFrame Injection	5.40%
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11	JS/Obfuscated	2.16%
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13	Blackhat SEO	1.96%
14	JS/Redir	1.72%
15	Pharmacy Spam Site	1.70%
16	Toolbar	1.69%
17	Blackhole Exploit Kit Detection	1.47%
18	Win/Cryptor	1.38%
19	Generic	1.12%
20	JS/FBspam	0.85%
21	JS/Agent	0.52%
22	JS/Dropper	0.39%
23	JS/POPUP	0.36%
24	VBS/Heur	0.34%
25	JS/Downloader	0.31%
26	Script/Exploit	0.25%
27	Downloader Agent	0.24%
28	Script/Exploit	0.23%
29	Social Engineering	0.22%
30	Exploit_c	0.20%
31	JS/Psyme	0.20%
32	Exploit	0.19%
33	Dropper Generic	0.18%
34	Win/Heur	0.17%
35	Downloader Generic	0.16%
36	Styx Exploit Pack	0.16%
37	Generic_c	0.15%
38	NeoSploit Exploit Kit	0.14%
39	Script Injection Redirect	0.12%
40	JS/Exploit	0.12%
41	Phoenix exploit kit	0.12%
42	Agent	0.12%
43	Link to Exploit Site	0.10%
44	SHeur	0.09%
45	Generic_r	0.09%
46	BackDoor Generic	0.08%
47	JS/Downloader	0.08%
48	Script/PDF	0.07%
49	Win/DHICVXTi	0.06%
50	Win/DH	0.06%
51	Script Injection	0.05%
52	PSW Generic	0.05%
53	YouTube Scam	0.05%
54	Exploit	0.05%
55	Cryptic	0.05%
56	FakeAlert	0.04%
57	Gondad Exploit Kit	0.03%
58	Worm/Generic	0.03%
59	MDAC ActiveX code execution	0.03%
60	VB	0.03%
61	WebAttacker Exploit Kit	0.03%
62	JS/Phish	0.03%
63	MultiBundle	0.03%
64	Clicker	0.03%
65	JS/ClickJack	0.02%
66	SWF/Agent	0.02%
67	Citem_c	0.02%
68	Win/PolyCrypt	0.02%
69	HackTool	0.02%
70	Downloader Banload	0.02%
71	Downloader	0.02%
72	Invisible IFrame Launcher	0.02%
73	Inject	0.02%
74	Logger	0.02%
75	Win/NSAnti	0.02%
76	Execute/Scremu	0.02%
77	Script/Generic	0.02%
78	MLoader	0.02%
79	Impact Exploit Kit	0.02%
80	PHP/BackDoor	0.02%
81	JS/Tweet	0.02%
82	JS/Heur	0.02%
83	Redkit Exploit Kit Detection	0.01%
84	FakeAV	0.01%
85	Hosts	0.01%
86	Win/DH	0.01%
87	PSW Banker	0.01%
88	Proxy	0.01%
89	Agent_r	0.01%
90	Win/DHICVXTg	0.01%
91	IE VML overflow	0.01%
92	Crypt	0.01%
93	JS/Pakes	0.01%
94	Generic_s	0.01%
95	Downloader Generic_c	0.01%
96	Win/PEPatch	0.01%
97	BackDoor Ircbot	0.01%
98	Downloader	0.01%
99	Dropper	0.01%
100	Mirar	0.01%

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Facebook Scam AVG detects this highly active Webthreat and its 1 known variant.

What is Facebook Scam?

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How can I remove Facebook Scam?