Fake emails are usually relatively easy to spot. But here we are dealing with a very bold specimen.

Scammers pretend to be Facebook – the most important thing in brief

  1. Internet users receive an email. This supposedly comes from Facebook.
  2. The user should then fill out a form so that they are not blocked! The reason: copyright infringement
  3. If you do this, you will fall into the trap and lose your Facebook account!

At the moment, “Facebook” is sending an email to users claiming that copyright has been violated. This is what the email looks like:

This email did not come from Facebook but from scammers
This email did not come from Facebook but from scammers

The email in full:

“Hello,
Recently there have been reports citing copyright violations of your Facebook posts.
You now have 3 copyright strikes, and we'II have to disabIe your account and take down your pages.
To prevent that from happening, use the link below to submit an appeal:
https://www.facebook.com/107132200835620
This link expires in 24 hours.
Thanks,
The Facebook Team”

Now it's getting bold

If you click on the link, you actually end up on Facebook!

If you follow the instructions in the email, you will actually end up on Facebook. But be careful! This is a fake or a phishing attempt.
If you follow the instructions in the email, you will actually end up on Facebook. But be careful! This is a fake or a phishing attempt.

If you follow the link here, you will end up on a fake Facebook page and this is where the fraudsters are after your account data.

Even though this form looks like it's from Facebook, it's not. This form, pay attention to the URL, was created by fraudsters to obtain the account details of Facebook users.
Even though this form looks like it's from Facebook, it's not. This form, pay attention to the URL, was created by fraudsters to obtain the account details of Facebook users.

Conclusion

Facebook does not emails about copyright infringement! With this brazen phishing method, which is not immediately obvious, fraudsters get your name , phone number and your Facebook password in order to then be able to access your profile directly!

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But that's not all. Since the fraudsters are now in possession of the respective Facebook account, they can now also access all groups and pages where the profile is an administrator!

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Article image: Shutterstock / By Andrey_Popov


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