Ha ha ha - that's what you get for putting your personal info on facebook.
Posted by
visitor,
Aug 15, 2008 3:08 AM
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This just happened to a friend not 6 hours ago. Hopefully he can get back into his site.
To "visitor," thank you for the total non sequitor. "personal info"? It was not mentioned at all in the article. Thanks for playing though.
Posted by
Douglas Barnes,
Sep 4, 2008 12:49 AM
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I searched for information about Facebook spam and spoof e-mail tonight after my husband's account started posting strange "hi, haven't seen you in a while" to friends that he had just seen and included links to various websites, one of which was obscene and others that were "work from home" advertisements. He was literally in his car driving home from a morning of golf with his brother when these started going out. I knew he did not have a computer (he does not own a laptop) and was meeting most of his friends to plan a high school reunion at our house, some of whom had been spammed by my husband's account. We are some of the old folks turning to Facebook to reconnect with friends and are kind of knew to social networking. My Dad just started a Facebook page 2 months ago and had to shut it down within a week when his computer was attacked by malicious malware that he believes came from Facebook. We are now considering closing down our Facebook accounts. What a nuisance. Our daughter said this was a big problem about a year ago on Facebook and Facebook said they thought they had put a stop to it. This is August 2009 -- the problem is apparently as bad as ever!
Posted by
Visitor1,
Aug 3, 2009 1:01 PM
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I WARNED EVERYONE I COULD BACK IN MARCH ,ABOUT THE HACKERS INVADING FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS,I SUBMITTED CONSTANT REPORTS TO FB AND A GAME CALLED YOVILLE,WHICH ALL MY GRANDCHILDREN AND FAMILY USED.I WAS TRACKING THE HACKERS FOR AGES THEY EVENTUALLY DESTROYED MY LAPTOP.THEY GET IN YOUR COMPUTER AND CHANGE ALL YOUR SECURITY,BY CLONING,THEY ALSO CHANGE ALL YOUR MENU SETTINGS, USE YOUR CAMERA AND MICROPHONE,THEY CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD DEVICES WITHOUT YOU KNOWING.THEY CAN DO SO MUCH DAMAGE AND COST YOU A FORTUNE,NOT TO MENTION THE STRESS.ITS AKIN TO BEING ROBBED AND VIOLATED.PS YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE SECURITY IN THE WORLD AND DO ALL THE RIGHT THINGS TO KEEP SAFE,BUT THEY ARE TO CLEVER AND CAN CLONE EVERYTHING WITHOUT YOU EVEN NOTICING TILL ITS FAR TO LATE.
Posted by
angelheart,
Aug 13, 2009 9:28 PM
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You best trolling angelheart I DIDNT THEY COULD DESTROY YOUR LAPTOP. thats what you get for using failbook. Windows shall inherit the earth.
Posted by
N00b $m1t3r,
Aug 16, 2009 7:23 PM
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Love the caps and tracking the hackers when you can't even use your caps key correctly. Any social networking site leaks data. You put it up they will find ways of taking it down. Good luck social nubs.
Posted by
JustInTime,
Aug 17, 2009 11:12 AM
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Yep, seems as though something has gained access to my Facebook account and is spamming my friends on their walls. Have deactivated account. So that's that then.
Posted by
Olly,
Aug 19, 2009 4:06 AM
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hi Anglheart,
I think you left your CAPS lock on !
If you got infected, too bad as for everyone else use the proper tools.
Posted by
Mal,
Aug 20, 2009 8:39 AM
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N00b $m1t3r: Windows shall inherit the earth? You mean to tell me you haven't noticed the impending rule of Google?
Posted by
Mark,
Sep 14, 2009 12:21 PM
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Why would you deactivate your account? Just change your password. You'd do more to format your hdd than deactivating your account. Obviously your computer is already compromised if spyware or some browser hijack has stolen your facebook password. I don't actually recommend formatting, just saying facebook itself isn't what's invading your machine. With all the free tools out there to secure your pc I don't see how people keep letting this happen to them. If you download and use just spybot, malwarebytes and any of the MANY free antivirus programs you'd have much less to worry about.
Posted by
oinari,
Nov 15, 2009 9:23 AM
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my fb profile was hacked n tht person hd changed all my settings and pws. then i somehow loggd to it n deactivated. bt nw he hs again hacked using another new e mail to log in. now i need to delete it completely. please help me
Posted by
manshi,
Dec 20, 2009 7:11 PM
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Today 6 friends notified me that I was in London and had been mugged
and needed them to send them money via Western Union. This all happened the same time.
I learned that my e-mail had been changed and my pass word.
I found it difficult to communicate with fb. I learned that there is a look a like fb out there too.
Posted by
Lucille ,
Dec 28, 2009 4:10 PM
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This happened to my Facebook account today too, same London story and one friend actually sent the money. I feel so bad, has anyone learned a course of action?
Posted by
Worried,
Dec 30, 2009 12:10 PM
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has anybody gotten emails exclaiming that Oh my god is this you? from facebook? My wife did and when she tried to open it just took her to a blank page.
Posted by
mark,
Jan 19, 2010 10:40 AM
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If the privacy settings gave an option for posting on the walls of others, this wouldn't be a problem. Most of this wall-posting process is automated, so a default of sharing with 'nobody' prevents spam notifications being sent out.
And if the password is clearly compromised and not changed then the person is a moron and deserved it anyway. You'd get your house and car locks changed if you knew someone had stolen the key, so why not an electronic account?
As far as sending money goes, if you didn't know the person well enough to know they were not in London, you shouldn't be sending money. If you did know them well enough, you would call their mobile?
Posted by
sigh,
Jan 23, 2010 2:33 PM
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I can no longer use facebook because they are saying my e mail and my password are not compatable.I have been using this password for months now and had no trouble up to now.
Posted by
Irene loring,
Feb 5, 2010 5:19 PM
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I can no longer use facebook because they are saying my e mail and my password are not compatable.I have been using this password for months now and had no trouble up to now.
Posted by
Irene loring,
Feb 5, 2010 5:19 PM
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