The Facebook app “Who’s Stalking My Profile?” and similar variants do not actually tell you who viewed your profile, according to The Register. They’re scams intended to line the pockets of the app developers by making the apps go viral. The app developers stand to profit from sharing advertising revenue on their apps’ pages.
Rik Ferguson, a senior security consultant at Trend Micro, explains: “The app itself is designed to look convincing enough, but none of the many ‘Continue’ buttons it offers will activate some under-the-counter profile checking functionality – they will just push you into another Facebook app earning the scammer advertising revenue in the process.” He reports that Facebook is removing the offending apps.
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