Another click-jacking scam has surfaced on Facebook. Click-jacking scams like this are getting more clever and harder to detect each week. Unlike the previous farmville cash scam, this one is bold enough to use the copyrighted name and graphics. This makes it all the more insidious as thousands of FarmVille players will unknowingly click on this, assuming it to be legitimate.

Here’s the attribute to watch out for:

1. Despite the proper spelling and artwork this time, the scammers still gave a huge clue: FarmVille has a capital ‘F’ and ‘V’. Their version is all lowercase.
2. No logo on the “Allow Access” screen
3. Hundreds of negative reviews, but only two fans.
4. The “Allow Access” screen says that farmville is for “Sending buildings to friends.” Since when?

TIP: Always check the link and reviews of any app before adding it. If an app has thousands of players, but only a few fans, or hundreds of negative reviews, it’s a scam. It did not come from your friend. Your friend’s account was either unknowingly compromised, or they were tricked by it as well.

Farmville Cash scam

With over 88 million monthly users, it was inevitable that FarmVille would become a target for scams. Indeed, Social Threat’s Scott Vowels predicted this last week in a comment. The FamVille Cash scam is similar to the other album clickjacking scams we’ve been highlighting lately.
Here’s the attribute to watch out for:

1. Uses the correct FarmVille logo for cash, but remember, FarmVille’s currencies are not called “FarmVille Cash,” they’re called “Farm Cash” and “Farm Coins.” You can see how easily people are being fooled by that.
2. “I’ve sent you a 900 farmville cash using farmville cash! Accept this gift and send one back!” Notice the poor grammar, the improper capitalization and the call to action which, if clicked, will install the scam application on your profile.
3. Friends are randomly tagged, as is the case in most of these scams, and the app is posted seemingly by itself.
4. Album poster is different than the photo poster, and the name seems to be three different ethnic groups in one.

Additionally, we have two more screenshots for you. This first one shows that this app’s page has a number of anomalies itself.

1. No logo
2. 1,454 people gave this app a 1-star rating.
3. 108,000+ users, but only 2 friends
4. Category is “All” instead of “Games.”
5. No recent posts

And finally, look at the reviews themselves. People who were scammed are speaking out against this app.

TIP: Just because you play a large, safe game like FarmVille, doesn’t mean that you’re safe from scams. By simply looking at the game page before adding it, you would easily see that this page is fishy. Over 100,000 people have fallen prey to this scam. Don’t be one of them. If FarmVille logos appear in your photo albums, delete them.