So here's my Public Service Announcement for all you people who are on Facebook, or trolling the internetz, regardless if you think you can tell the difference between a scam or not. I'm annoyed and I'm sure you are too (albeit a tad amused cuz now I can tell the n00bs from the lot).
1. Look at the address
No ".com"? Don't click.
Take a look at the above post and the address the link is coming from.
Look at it!
Does it say ".com"? No. Instead, it's some fishy "clickily.ws" address. Wtf is ".ws"?? Hell if I know. If you see ANY link that ends with ANYTHING other than a ".com", you sure as hell better be cautious. Even if it's a shortened URL link like "bit.ly" or "goo.gl".
2. If it's a video, look at the icon, or for a time length
So you saw that someone posted a video of a father walking into the daughter stripping in front of the webcam. Now, before you even click on it, there are two checks to make, depending on where the video is from.
If it's from YouTube, it's gonna show "youtube.com" on the link and there's a video/film icon at the bottom:
If it's a video that someone uploaded onto Facebook, then it will show you the time length of the video:
Another popular video website is Vimeo, so a "vimeo.com" address is fine too.
DO NOT CLICK on any other links, no matter how tempting it may be.
So let's take this recent scam as an example:
First off, check website. Hmm... "on.fb.me"? Sounds weird. Don't click.
Now, it says it's a video. But there's no play button, no time length, and it definitely is not from Youtube or Vimeo either. Don't click.
Comprende? Good. Now stop spamming me.
2 comments:
What abt .my? LOL
Lol good question. But if I start making exceptions for .my, then I'll have to alert people about .cn, .ca, .co.uk, .everyothercountry.
So this is more of a general post for ppl all over the world. If they know their country's suffix, then go ahead and click it. For the less computer literate, they're better off not doing so.
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