‘Rogue app’ won’t show you your first Facebook status, will spam your friends

You’ve probably seen this status-jacking app in action, but if you’re tempted to use it, be aware that “My 1st St@tus” not only will not reveal your first ever Facebook post, but it will also expose you as a n00b to your friends through unauthorized posts to your Facebook wall.

According to Sophos, the information purported by the app to be your first status is incorrect, and the app goes on to lure you into scammy and possibly malware laden survey sites while also taking liberties with the wall posting thing. The security clearinghouse elaborates:

…it’s a complete confidence trick. It doesn’t tell you your first status message on Facebook – and it’s only intention is to drive as many people as possible into sharing the link (which can vary – we have seen several examples) further and further across Facebook, earning the scammers money.

These types of scams have surfaced before and will continue to pop up on Facebook as quickly as they’re removed. It’s best to approach apps like this with a grain of salt because as one user reports:

I’ve just been pinged by a very similar looking scam application that claimed to be from facebook… Exactly the same MO…to prove I was human I had to complete a survey! I deleted it immediately but not before it bombarded my whole friends list with with a very tempting link to dupe them as well! GGrrr!!!!

As with the “shocking video” facebook status update hijacker trend, you should also expect to see a number of similar apps pop up until the scammers move on to a new, hard to resist imaginary functionality to lure the unaware.