A supposedly tragic story of someone who allegedly killed his brother and dumped his body is making the rounds on social media. But this case didn't exist, but the phishing trap behind it did, in which you could lose your Facebook profile!

These two variants are currently doing the rounds on Facebook: The pattern is always the same here, namely the headings of the status posts are always:

(CITY) (AGE) kills brother (AGE) and disposes of his body

We have marked this information with a red frame in our screenshots!

Nasty Facebook trap: Fraudsters crack Facebook profiles with incidents that have never occurred in this form!
Nasty Facebook trap: Fraudsters crack Facebook profiles with incidents that have never occurred in this form!

The hook for such a phishing trap is always a message about an extremely dramatic accident or murder! The reason: The users' emotions are deliberately played with! If the respective “CITY” in which you live also matches, then this information is further supported!

The pictures in the articles are usually real photos, but they are always in a different context and have nothing to do with the claim! Like the picture with the policeman on the right, with the child! This is an incident from America in 2018 !

If the user follows the link, they will see a fake website with fake news. In order to read the entire article, the user should enter their Facebook login details.

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NOTE: After entering the data, the criminals then have the login data and thus full access to the respective Facebook profile, including admin rights to pages and groups!

Mimikama tips:

When it comes to sensational reports, always enter certain keywords into a search engine (e.g. Google) to see whether other media also report on it - because if this is not the case, there is a high probability that it is a fake.

When entering logins, whether Facebook or, for example, a bank, that you find suspicious, always use fantasy login data (for example login: sertg5reth@rth5rth.com, password: estgrdtdrtzh) - If the login surprisingly works (sometimes try twice), you can be sure that you are not on the real login page.

And very important: Always look at the URL to see whether you are on the original page!

Conclusion

The more spectacular the story, the sooner you should find out whether such an incident really happened. The scammers play on people's emotions to get their personal data. Check carefully whether a supposed headline is worth the risk! In this case too, the traffic accident is simply made up.

  • The alleged article is purely a lure to get users' login details.
  • As soon as you access the article via Facebook, the current date automatically appears so that the whole thing appears “current”.
  • The respective cities such as Bocholt, Neustadt, Stuttgart, Darmstadt, Hamburg etc. are automatically adapted to suit the respective user who posts this. This signals that this misfortune took place in one's surroundings.
  • The user himself who publishes this post is not aware of this. This also happens automatically because the user himself fell into the trap and his account was cracked.
  • Users who clicked on the fake article and entered their real login details should change their Facebook password as soon as possible!

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