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Beware of Facebook Phishing Scams
April 30, 2009, 5:09 PM by ROB
Posted in FACEBOOK, PHISHING, | 1084 views
I automatically send Facebook emails to spam anyway, but for those of you who rely on them to keep up to date, beware of the latest phishing scam to target users just like you.
Users of the social networking site are receiving emails such as the one below. The messages, apparently from Facebook, redirect users to fbaction.net, a site which captures users' email addresses and passwords.
Paul Boutin sent you a message.
Subject: Hello
“Visit http://www.facebook.com/l/4253f;http://fbaction.net/” |
I got the message in the shot above from a friend of mine... I'm going to re-format my hard drive next week to install Windows 7 RC1 anyway, so I sacrificed my common sense for the sake of journalism and clicked through the link. Turns out, it's just an homeopathic med store.
According to Gadgetwise, a Facebook spokesperson has said that the company is aware of the attack and is working to correct the issue.
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