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Hijacked on Facebook? - 11/10/2009 6:15:27 AM   
Lucienne


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Status: offline 		I received an email yesterday from facebook congratulating me on my new account. Strange thing, I didn't open a new account and I already have a facebook account attached to the same email. In the past 12 hours, I've received numerous notices in my email of friend requests and confirmations from people I don't know. The account that I signed up for is still there, with none of this activity on it. I figure this is something nefarious, but I'm not quite sure how to shut it down. Suggestions or ideas? 
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RE: Hijacked on Facebook? - 11/10/2009 6:29:50 AM   
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Status: offline 		I just had something similar happen to me yesterday. I recieved an email that said "so and so has requested you as a friend on Facebook."

I do not have a face book account. I've never even been to the Facebook website. I've no interest in it whatsoever.

I figured it had to be a scam (or perhaps a virus) of some sort and deleted the email without opening it.

If anybody does know what it 's all about, It would be interested to know.

< Message edited by Marc2b -- 11/10/2009 6:30:12 AM >

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RE: Hijacked on Facebook? - 11/10/2009 6:53:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		Check the address that sent it?  It should be from register-at-facebook.
Don't open any attachments or any address that it gives you.  Unless you confirm a registration, you shouldn't get any invites, so they will all be bogus.

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RE: Hijacked on Facebook? - 11/10/2009 6:59:59 AM   
Lucienne


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Status: offline 		Whatever it is, I think it's trying to harvest my facebook password. 

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RE: Hijacked on Facebook? - 11/10/2009 7:02:59 AM   
RCdc


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Status: offline 		You can always foward it to info-at-facebook so they can see the fake mails send out warnings to others.  Don't open attatchments or confirm any passwords - which you are already aware of.  Sounds like you have done the correct thing.

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RE: Hijacked on Facebook? - 11/10/2009 7:06:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		Facebook phishing

http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/08/facebook-phishing-scam-in-the-wild/

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RE: Hijacked on Facebook? - 11/10/2009 7:08:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		I get those all day long every single day. They're phishing. Delete unread.

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RE: Hijacked on Facebook? - 11/10/2009 8:32:31 AM   
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ORIGINAL: littlewonder

I get those all day long every single day. They're phishing. Delete unread.



I get these as well from a variety of places.   I just delete them.  I am not a huge fan over facebook- myspace and those types of sites.

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RE: Hijacked on Facebook? - 11/10/2009 8:34:43 AM   
Lucienne


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ORIGINAL: angelikaJ

Facebook phishing

http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/08/facebook-phishing-scam-in-the-wild/


Interesting. Thanks for the link. The gmail spam filter protects me from so much of this junk, I forget how common it is.

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RE: Hijacked on Facebook? - 11/10/2009 9:07:22 AM   
LaTigresse


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Status: offline 		Yes, we even get them here on our work emails.

My all time favourite though is the one from the 'IRS'.......all serious and legitimate looking. If I wasn't in constant contact with them via snail mail and occasional phone calls, I might have fallen for it.


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