Scam Alert: New Facebook Hack Tells You Your Account Is Going to Be Deleted

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There is a new Facebook scam being reported. What happens is that users get an email in their Inbox telling them that their 'Facebook Account is Disabled'. The reason being given is that you have violated the network's policies. This has tricked many users into clicking the link associated with this mail and then been taken to a phishing page which then asks you for important information. The page also asks uses to enter the first 6 digits of their credit card number. 


The scam is also very cleverly disguised and tells users that their account needs to be verified to make sure no one is using their account without their permission. This takes a few minutes the form says and gets users to fill in personal information that can be used later for fraudulent activities and to scam friends of friends.


This scam also has another spin-off which is basically using Facebook's very security feature that tell users that their account is being accessed from a different geographical location. To verify and keep your account you will need to enter personal info. Do not give any personal information over mail and Facebook and other services will not ask you for credit card information in an email. So if you get an email telling you that your account has been compromised and is going to be deleted. Simple delete that email as it it is a total scam.


Via: net-security.org

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Smishing Attack: what it is and how to respond

Smishing is to mobile devices and phones what phishing is to PCs. Derived from "SMs phISHING". SMS (Short Message Service) Smishing users tricks played on people's phone to con users into revealing their bank accounts. If someone does reveal their bank account they can then expect it to get emptied. Smishing can you cell phone text messages and voice messages to con unsuspecting victims. 

A very popular trick right now is a cell phone user might get a voice message telling them that their bank account has been compromised and that they would need to enter personal bank information to rectify things.  This will scare a lot of people into thinking that the voice message is from their bank and maybe even enter their secret information. 

Something to remember is that Bank's never ask for personal information over the internet and definitely not with text and voice messages. The calls can be quiet convincing especially when they seem to be coming from the bank you're banking with. 

What to do if you get a Smishing attack via text, sms or voice.

Never call back the number mentioned in the text, voice mail or voice message, it is usually a 800 number. Always call your bank. Always speak directly to someone at your local back and never reply, answer or attempt to verify anything that has come via voice, text or mail on your phone or mobile device.  

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Wooden iPad [Photos]

Scammers have taken a South Carolina women for $180 and sold her an iPad - a wooden one. Know as a variation of the 'brink in a box' scam. Where the buyer orders an iPad but receives just a brick in the box. Ashley McDowell reported that she was approached by two black males who said they have bought iPads in bulk and were willing to sell her a piece for $300. Saying that she had only $180 on her the con men agreed to sell it to her. But when she opened the FedEx box containing the iPad all she found was the piece of wood with the Apple logo. There was also a Best Buy sales sticker on it. In fact it looks like a replica of the iPad complete with Safari icons and all. Scammers don't go to such lengths to come up with something that looks original  In fact the brick in the box scam is exactly what it sounds like, you get an actual brick in the box.

The wooden iPad

Copy of the complaint filed

A display piece that was never meant to work sipped to customer

Brick in the box

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