'Friend Request From Someone You Are Already Friends With' Alert Message
Posted by: Timothy Tibbetts on 03/03/2014 07:31 AM
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If you get a Facebook request from someone you thought you were already friends with, make sure you look before you accept.
They are calling this hacking but they might want to look up the meaning of the word. This is simply a scam, one that seems time consuming and limited in its scope.
This new tactic making the rounds is friend cloning. Essentially pages are created that look similar to another page, then the attempt to friend everyone from the cloned profile begins. Anyone who has one of those "friends" who decides to change or re-create their Facebook page, usually after a problem with their significant other, understands how a slightly modified page looks when they do this and it’s pretty easy to be fooled. Rather than lock down their profile and remove some friends they start a new, similar page. This is where these criminals come in.
Basically, once an account is cloned and the friends are back on the list, messages are sent out that are scams. From here, the friend is more likely to click one of these links. In other words, it will be a lot like a spam message from a friends hacked email account although a little more convincing.
For what it's worth, friend collectors, or any popular people, would seem to be the best target. Friend collectors are those who friend just about anyone. The more the merrier for the criminals.
They are calling this hacking but they might want to look up the meaning of the word. This is simply a scam, one that seems time consuming and limited in its scope.
This new tactic making the rounds is friend cloning. Essentially pages are created that look similar to another page, then the attempt to friend everyone from the cloned profile begins. Anyone who has one of those "friends" who decides to change or re-create their Facebook page, usually after a problem with their significant other, understands how a slightly modified page looks when they do this and it’s pretty easy to be fooled. Rather than lock down their profile and remove some friends they start a new, similar page. This is where these criminals come in.
Basically, once an account is cloned and the friends are back on the list, messages are sent out that are scams. From here, the friend is more likely to click one of these links. In other words, it will be a lot like a spam message from a friends hacked email account although a little more convincing.
For what it's worth, friend collectors, or any popular people, would seem to be the best target. Friend collectors are those who friend just about anyone. The more the merrier for the criminals.
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