Via Facebook Messenger you will again receive fake messages that supposedly come from Facebook - be careful! This is a scam!

Important note: Facebook never sends a personal message to its users.

A perennial favorite among fraud attempts! Criminals pose as Facebook employees and want to trick users into clicking on a link in order to then access the victims' data.

This is what the current text used in 2018 sounds like:

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WARNING: Your account will be deactivated

From now on your account will be deactivated. The user receives this warning because of misusing one of our features.

To verify your account, please visit:

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If you do not confirm, your account will automatically be permanently deactivated.

Thank you,
The Facebook Ads Team
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Copyright © 2018 ™

He has changed over the years and impresses with his very clumsy German. That alone is a clear warning signal not to click on the link!

If you follow the link, a fake Facebook page opens:

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This is a replica login mask and has absolutely nothing to do with Facebook.

If the user enters their login details here, they will end up in a database with the fraudsters and the account will be cracked . But the criminals are not satisfied with that alone. In the next step, they want to access sensitive, personal data , such as the address or date of birth :

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And because it was so nice and the victim played along well, they even tried to steal the credit card details :

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With just one click on the link, the fraudsters have gained access to the Facebook account and email inbox and can use the credit card information to go shopping at the victim's expense!

Also popular:

The name “Facebook Security” or similar terms is often used.

More on this topic at: Fraudsters crack Facebook profiles .

In the past, the recreated accounts often had special characters in their names so that they could not be found in the search. These special characters are becoming more and more insidious, which can be clearly seen in the initial query with the upside down “e” (ə) and the “k” (ĸ).

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But similar names such as “Security Team” or “FBSecurity Notice” are also popular. If you receive messages from such accounts, you can assume that they are NOT it's the real Facebook team!

Don't follow dubious links!

 


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