A phishing scam, such as Loyphish, is the practice of sending unwanted emails to users with the intent of tricking them into revealing sensitive information. The email may appear as if it was sent from a legitimate source, such as a financial institution, and will request that you click on a link and update your banking account information. However, the link directs you to spoofed website that looks identical to the bank's official site.
Scammers are using different phishing techniques with Facebook. They have created a spoofed verification page that attempts to steal your personal and credit card information. Instead of reaching out to potential victims via email, the scam starts out as a link to a video or image that is posted by a Facebook user. By clicking on the link, the user is taken to what appears to be a Facebook login page. After logging in, the fake website requests users to update their account security settings and provide additional information, such as a mobile phone number and credit card information. The website then steals the personal information once the user submits the data.
If you're unfamiliar with a link or suspicious of the link destination, do not click it. Pay close attention to the URL and ensure that you are on a legit webpage prior to submitting your sensitive information. If you're unsure, it's best to manually enter the URL on your Internet browser to certify you are on the official website.
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Why anyone is stupid enough to actually use F***book is beyond me. You get what you deserve in this instance.
I tend to agree with B Pratt. I do use FB but only because my kids use it and they insist I connect to talk to them. However I have never experienced a more frustrating program than FB. It continually asks me to log in even though I have done so several times. It freezes, it jumps up and down the page, gosh what doesn’t it do. I end up with getting confirmation from people I never asked (I know them or of them) as friends. It really is a true PIA. And finally it is so time consuming.
I rarely have any major difficulties using Facebook. Admittedly, I keep my list of “friends” limited to people I either actually know in the off-line world, trusted friends of these people, or internet friends I have known and with whom I have corresponded (even talked on the telephone) over many years; and I have configured my privacy settings to suit my wishes (and I check these regularly because Facebook has a habit of “updating” and messing these around a bit). Some of my few internet friends do complain about the adverts, but I find running Adblock and NoScript and Ghostery on Firefox helps keep these to an absolute minimum (I think these add-ons are available on IE and other browsers too – they do help). You can also configure Adobe Flash on FF so that it has to ask your permission to play each and every video (stops anything playing automatically). I never EVER sign in a second time if asked. I close, delete cookies, run cCleaner and start afresh. My suggestion to anyone with children in the house is to check their privacy/security settings on FB and take appropriate action. You don’t need some kind of parental filter. Just limit outside access to the FB page to “friends” – and make sure those friends are actually FRIENDS!
Many thanks to Tommy for this About blog-thingie! Appreciated.
Thank you for your comments. NickyK, based on your post, you are using good security awareness. It’s important to realize that this attack is not Facebook’s doing. Spoofed websites such as these are launched daily. Banks and retailers are usually the main targets. In this case, the attackers targetted Facebook. By utlizing good security practice and awareness, you can avoid becoming a victim of this type of an attack.
Yah rightly said what bothers me at times is how someone will just see an offer he/she know nothing about and wants to grab it. this is selfishness and what you get in return is deceitful. these blockers try at all means to get to everyone but only the selfish ones end up regretting SO DO NOT BE SELFISH. Just like NickyK said there are security measure that will help you regulate the kind of friends that can have access to your profile and i advice every body to try do that
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