A report on Sunday said that spammers are using Harry Potter star Emma Watson to scam people on Facebook via a worm.
They are offering a sex tape of Watson that includes a malicious link, which spreads pornography and other malicious links via infected users’ profiles, according to The Hacker News.
The worm has been spread via Facebook profiles as well as Facebook Groups. It also tags others in the same post, the report adds.
The website says the scam includes the text “[VIDEO] Emma Watson star of Harry Potter made a SEX tape ... Link in the description.” Users should not click on the link, it recommends.
The Hacker News said that the spammers are using Google Translate and other short URL services to keep their links unblocked by Facebook.
The worm, the report says, will allow its creators to earn “huge money from advertising networks.”
Several weeks ago, Graham Cluley with security firm Sophos noted that scammers have used Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the popular movies, many times in the past to lure unsuspecting users on Facebook.
“Whatever the explanation, it’s disturbing to continue to see spams and scams spreading so effectively across the world’s most popular social network,” Cluley wrote last month.
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