As I know everyone loves crazy whale videos, according to MSNBC, the Tsunami Whale Video: It is a Facebook Scam - Facebook Users Are Warned Not To Click The Link.
"Yet another clickjacking scam is replicating like crazy on Facebook, in this case inviting users to view a video of a whale "smashed into a building" during the March 11 tsunami in Japan.
According to the Internet security website Sophos.com, clicking on one of these links takes the user to a page that appears to contain a video, but if you try to play it you're prompted to fill out an online survey instead, while a hidden script tells all your Facebook friends that you've "liked" the nonexistent video. Then they click on the link, the same thing happens to them, then their friends click on the link, and so on. That's why it's called a "clickjacking" or "likejacking" scam. The perpetrators make money by redirecting traffic to the survey site."
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