Don't be fooled even if you see your photo there!
The scammers' tricks: You get a message on Facebook, you open it and you're shocked. You will see a photo of yourself with your name and “YouTube Video” underneath. What should you do at this moment? Write back that your friend should urgently change the access data to the account.
What you should NOT do, however: Click on this picture out of curiosity and fear. Anyone who believes that a video about themselves might end up in circulation will be in for a rude awakening. The video described simply does not exist, it is a fraud trap!
This trap can happen in different ways, but the result is identical: you give third parties access to your own Facebook account without being noticed!
Incorrect login
In most cases, because it is also the easiest way, you will be lured to a website that resembles a Facebook login. The user in question assumes that they obviously have to log in to see the video. However, this is a trap, this website was constructed by fraudsters to steal access data.
Anyone who thinks they have to log in here gives fraudsters access to their own profile. This is typical phishing.
Browser extension or app
In rather rare cases, because it is much more complicated, you will be asked to install a browser extension or Facebook application. These small applications are like a Trojan horse; they can also access your account and, depending on how they are programmed, perform other tasks.
What you should do
As already mentioned above: At least under no circumstances click on the link sent to you. If you want to be sure whether it is really a video on Facebook, you should check whether the URL of the video is within Facebook or whether it is external, i.e. outside of Facebook, to a rather unknown address. But: In cases like the one described above, experience shows that it is a fraudulent process! If you clicked on it:
First, quickly check your computer!
- Have your computer scanned for malware .
- Then remove the harmful browser extension and also check whether there are any other extensions/add-ons in the browser that you have not installed or that you are not aware of.
- Removing a browser extension in Google Chrome (since this is affected in the current case) is not rocket science.
- Proceed as follows: Click on the three lines in the top right corner of your browser (1), then on “More tools” (2) and then on “Extensions” (3).
The menu in which the extensions are located opens. You edit these by removing the checkmark (1) or deleting them by clicking on the trash can (2) and confirming the deletion again.
Then check all applications that have been installed on your Facebook account. By the way, this is generally recommended every now and then, as something always accumulates in the area of applications. Remove any applications that you don't know, no longer need, or that seem strange to you! You can find your apps here: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=applications .
Change your password(s). Note: Please only change passwords when you are sure that everything has been removed or no extensions are installed! Open the settings on Facebook and quickly set a new password! Be sure to confirm when asked whether all registered devices should be deregistered!
If it was purely a phishing scam, neither a browser extension nor a Facebook application will be found, but only your password will have been affected. Therefore, in most cases it is quite possible that you will not find any suspicious extension or application.
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