New Photoshop App Scam Lures Over 600,000 Facebook Users

Users have been receiving the said message from friends, including a link that asks to be clicked so the unknowing victims could “View” the photos. Once clicked, the user is brought to an application window, asking access to Facebook account information like the user’s name, gender, photo, network, lists of friends, as well as access to Facebook Chat.

The users who click “Allow” are then taken to a site showcasing Photoshopped images of people’s faces on animals’ bodies, while the newly installed app does its job of spamming the user’s Facebook friends via Chat.

According to reports by M86 Security Labs, 88,000 people per hour have clicked on these links and that as of 5 a.m. today, an estimate of over 600,000 has fallen victim to this viral threat.

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