Busy people beware - your pics are NOT on busypeoplepics.com

Frightening and sad, but true - social network users are falling prey to a new wave of viral scam-spam designed just for them. One of the latest stories is the busypeoplepics.com scam website.

Ironically, one of the top results that comes up in google when you search for busypeoplepics.com is not the website itself, but a page from Digg that links you to the site. This is a really scary thing, so watch out. When you see a social network link to the busy people pics site, just don't go there.

According to All the Latest News, it works something like this:

1. You get a fake message from an online friend (they already fell for the scam) saying “is this u on busypeoplepics.com?” and the message includes a little javascript file that plugs your profile pic right into the message.
   
   
2. When you visit the busypeoplepics site, they use an automated script that grabs your email and password, which then goes and logs in as you on whatever site you told them you were referred from.
   
   
3. The scam script then sends out hourly batches of bulletins, emails, comments, etc. to all your friends with the same message about your pics being on this site.
   
   
4. Next, the busypeoplepics site tries to scam you into giving up more than just your email and password by scamming you into thinking that the “friend” who referred you to has reserved you a “free gift” like a ringtone or a cellphone.
   
   
5. Supposedly, you can’t see your pics until you take care of the free gift. They try to dupe you into signing up for a music club or a Blockbuster video membership just to be able to see your pics on this scam website.
   
   
6. Ultimately, you find that you can’t get to any pics on the site because there aren’t any. Oh yeah, then you find there are no “free gifts” either.
   
   
7. Then the next round of spam and scam starts, usually switching to a brand new website because there’s any angry mob of victims in hot pursuit.

This spam and scam routine has been going on for two years, but these scammers are now attacking social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook with huge volumes of fake messages.

Beware, and take care!