At the moment there are again messages on Facebook Messenger that are being sent unintentionally by the sender!

Just a few weeks ago we reported on a similar topic and once again these dubious video messages are making the rounds on Facebook via Facebook Messenger! This is a nasty trap that can happen again and again in different ways. However, the result is always the same: in the end, you unnoticedly give third parties access to your own Facebook account.

In most cases, because it is also the easiest route for scammers, you are 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.

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However, this is a trap, this website was constructed by fraudsters to steal access data. In the current case, you are first redirected to a “Facebook group” and then to an external website. A “Facebook login” faked by the fraudsters then appears on this page.

This is a fake Facebook login page
This is a fake Facebook login page

What you should do if you get this Facebook video message in Messenger: Write back that your friend urgently needs to change their Facebook account login details

What you should NOT do, however, is to click on this picture sent via Facebook Messenger out of sheer curiosity and fear. Anyone who believes that a video about themselves might end up in circulation will wake up badly. The video described simply does not exist because it is a fraud trap! This is the message at the moment:

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Anyone who thinks they have to log in here is giving fraudsters access to their own profile. This is typical phishing. At this point we would like to mention that we have tested these dubious links several times. In these analyses, the fake page was displayed once and then not again. We think this was browser related. But it's not really relevant either. The fact is that this is a scam.

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