The thing that makes this hoax so believable is we really do receive duplicate friend requests at times ever since theaccount cloning epidemicstarted up a while back. But that being said, the people who really do receive a duplicate friend request from you won’t send you the cookie-cutter ...
One of the many scam funeral group pages on Facebook. Clicking to view the “live stream” of the funeral takes one to a newly registered website that requests credit card information. KrebsOnSecurity recently heard from a reader named George who said a friend had just passed away, and he...
Bottom line: If you receive any type of message from a Facebook friend asking you to send them a confirmation code that you received from Facebook, refuse to comply or else you’ll likely end up losing access to your own Facebook account. Bonus tip: This scam started out only targeting ...
If you’re uncertain, go old school and give your friend a call. That might save you both from being scammed. If the request came from an imposter account, the real owner of that name and profile can ask Facebook to eliminate the imposter account. But, of course, you can’t do that...
I was on Facebook and noticed a complete stranger sent me a friend request. Just as I am looking at the profile to see who it is, I get an instant message *bloop*. This mystery person wrote “Hi beautiful.” I was caught off guard, but the conversation continued, and I was pleasan...
Delete any scam or offensive posts. Warn your friends that your account was compromised and they should be suspicious of any posts or messages from you. And monitor your account activity in the next few weeks. Report any suspicious new posts, messages, friends, or friend requests to Facebook...
The Picture appears to be uploaded by a friend and definitely, you might want to see some of your Facebook friends naked,But Beware!If you get curious and click, you will be redirected to a malicious website reports that your Flash Player is not working properly and needs to be re-insta...
Facebook Scams In facebook, scammers manage to get the user's email address and try to send emails saying the user has been tagged in their friend's pictures. When the user clicks on the link the scammer's malware or virus program gets downloaded in the user's computer. ...
Even if you’re good about ditching fake friends and ignoring anonymous requests, anyone on Facebook can still send a message to your “Other” inbox. In Facebook Messenger, these pop up as “Message Requests,” and even if someone isn’t your friend they can still send you nasty links ...
Last year, Facebook rolled out theAd Activity tab, which requests feedback from users who purchase items from Facebook ads and Pages in order to root out bad actors. However, this specific scam prevention tool isn't proactive and requires users to fall for a scam in the first place. ...