Facebook Scams

Recently there have been many people reporting SPAM emails that appear to be from Facebook. SPAM and scam emails from social networks, banks and others are not new. However remember to look at emails closely and check that they come from the source they say they are from and that the links go where you think they go.

If you are not sure an email comes from the source you are getting it from go directly to the source site. For example if you are not sure a friend request is real than you can go directly to Facebook and see if you have a waiting friend request.

A client of mine shared fake password reset emails. Remember Facebook or any other sites will not send you a password lost or reset link if you don't ask for it. A real password reset email looks like this:

Here is a scam Facebook email.

You can tell this is fake because Facebook would not have you download a file from an email to reset your password. There is no link to Facebook.