Facebook recently announced that Timeline, the new profile design, will be rolling out to all users here very soon. For those who don’t like change or the new profile design, well, they’re out of luck as the change is mandatory and can’t be reverted back to the old.

This has upset some users as they claim it to be a breach of privacy, or they just don’t like it to begin with. Because of this, some people thought they could latch onto this fear and scam people in the process. Facebook pages are popping up around this scam and USA Today has more details:

“Many of the pages offer the same promise: a plug-in for your browser that will “disable” the new Timeline functionality. The developers even add helpful hints advising users to ignore software warnings that extensions, plug-ins, and other apps “can harm your computer.” The developers also suggest that you should “allow up to 24 hours for the changes to take effect,” which is a cute way of covering up the fact that absolutely nothing will happen.”

While to the average user that sounds all fine and dandy, it’s a potential way of getting access to your Facebook account or worse, access to your computer and the ability to find all sorts of confidential information. Timeline is not something that can be disabled, period, so keep an eye out for anything claiming to disable the new profile design and make sure to report the page.

What are your thoughts on the new Facebook Timeline? Good/bad?

Facebook Scam Targets Users Who Don’t Want New Profile Design is a post from: The Inquisitr

Facebook Sex Scam

Investigators say the kid — an 18-year-old named Anthony Stancl of New Berlin Eisenhower High School, near Milwaukee — pretended to be a girl named Kayla or Emily. He’s accused of contacting other boys, chatting with them, then getting them to strip-and-click and share their pics, media reports indicate.

At least 31 guys fell for it, police say, and more than half of them claim “Kayla” or “Emily” told them to meet up and hook up with her male friend or she’d publicly post the images. Several of them say they went through with the sex acts. They claim Stancl went as far as to photograph their physical encounters.

Criminal Charges

Stancl’s now facing a host of criminal charges. Officers say they found hundreds of nude images of underage boys on his home computer, some as young as 15 years old. He could be sentenced to as much as 300 years in prison if convicted on all the counts.

Stancl’s next hearing is set for February 26. His attorney tells MSNBC he plans to plead not guilty and try to reach some sort of plea agreement.

Facebook Sex Scam Video

Here’s a Milwaukee TV station’s report on the incident, including video of Stancl in court.

A New Reason Not to Send Out Nude Photos of Yourself is a post from: The Inquisitr