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 More options Oct 8 2012, 1:02 pm
From: Jason Hall <jasonh...@google.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:02:20 -0400
Local: Mon, Oct 8 2012 1:02 pm
Subject: Re: Reporting a Facebook scam redirecting through a Google Code hosted file
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The project has been disabled and the owner has been banned. Thank you for
this report, we'll try to see if we can identify any similarly abusive
projects.

- Jason

On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 10:36 AM, <dskre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This morning on facebook I found this scam:
> http://www.breakthesecurity.com/2012/09/miley-cryus-sex-tape-real-or-...

> It takes the user through three bit.ly urls, one via google translate,
> and then to an obfuscated file on Google Code which checks the user's
> country code then sends them to the scam page. The scam asks you to verify
> your age by telling you to copy and paste a Facebook verification string
> which allows the scammers access to your Facebook account.

> The offending Google Code project: https://code.google.com/p/alsdasdll/
> The obfuscated file is under downloads and labeled jquery.html. Apparently
> the only file in the project, another policy violation.
> The string
> '\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3A\x2F\x2F\x62\x69\x74\x2E\x6C\x79\x2F\x53\x73\x4C\x71\x 68\x65'
> is read by Javascript as 'http://bit.ly/SsLqhe'.

> Here are the bit.ly links I followed, in case you're wondering. Adding
> '+' to the URL lets you see what it is before going. I'll also be reporting
> these to bit.ly.
> http://bit.ly/WAn9q2+
> http://bit.ly/SDm429+ >
> alsdasdll.googlecode.com/files/jquery.html?m2ArOe02
> http://bit.ly/SsLqhe+

> Thanks

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