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Scam Alert: Beware this dangerous ‘Facebook Account Recovery’ scam

Posted on April 14, 2022

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Once again this very dangerous scam is making the rounds on Facebook and via email.

What makes this scam so dangerous is the way it appears to come from Facebook themselves.

But trust me, it does not.

The scam is a fake warning that Facebook is preparing to disable your account.

It will show up either in your email or on your Facebook Newsfeed and look something like this:

facebook-account-recovery-scam-screenshot

As you can see, it appears that it could actually be legitimate but the poor English sentence structure is a dead giveaway. Facebook would never place a warning about your account in your newsfeed nor would they use such poor English in their communications to you.

If a post like this shows up in your news feed, DO NOT click the link contained within it. If you do, you will be asked to verify your login credentials and update your credit card information, which of course would give the hackers access to your account AND your credit card info. Not good!

What you should do is report the post to Facebook if it happens to show up in your Newsfeed. Here’s how:

1 – Click the three dots located in the top-right corner of the post.

2 – Select Report post from the drop-down menu.

3 – Select Spam and then click Submit.

Facebook will investigate the scam post and (hopefully) close the account that posted it.


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