Researchers at the firm Zscaler say that scammers are embedding Facebook Like widgets from top ranked Web brands and in Web pages used to promote online scams or distribute malware. The widgets make it appear as if tens- or hundreds of thousands of Facebook users like the scam Web site. The ruse doesn t require any hacking, the widgets are just borrowed from top ranking news and media sites. The researchers say that they have identified Websites promoting suspicious work at home offers that sport hundreds of thousand of Facebook Likes an informal way that Facebook users can tag content they approve of.
Source: https://threatpost.com/scammers-borrow-facebook-likes-top-sites-promote-scams-122311/76027/