A Fake Facebook Site
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
Indonesia
October 27, 2009 9:07pm CST
Today i see news in yahoo that there are a new fake facebook site. This fake facebook site is exactly almost the mirror of the original facebook home site since it has the same appearance. The different thing about the fake with the original is the URL where this fake facebook use facebook.co.tv.
The site actually not doing anything but only recorded your user name and password when you enter from that site. After you enter it, the fake facebook will then forward you to the original facebook so you will think that you simply enter the wrong password. The url of tha facebook spread trough message, it is a hoax that saying facebook now is selecting it active user and will delete those will not login from that site. Anyway, do you ever meet this kind of site, not only for facebook but for other site too. Also what do you think about this kind of site?
Thanks
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11 responses
@madmillionaire (598)
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28 Oct 09
This is a site that has just been set up to scam peoples details for the true Facebook. Once they can access your facebook account they will be able to see all your details and will probably use it to do some kind of ID fraud.
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@madmillionaire (598)
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28 Oct 09
It is good news to hear that the site seems to have been blocked. I just hope not too many people have been fooled by it.
@corrycrystal (1775)
• Malaysia
29 Oct 09
Ohh, now I know that's where the message comes from! I have been receiving that kind of messages about the site is being overcrowded and they will only select those who are active and to prove it that we have to forward the message to as many people as you can like 15 people like that otherwise our accounts will be deleted! I never logged into this site, but I wonder what they are trying to gain by spreading that hoax messages?? 
I did forward the messages though, just in case! I think Facebook should come up and clear the confusions much earlier than this.
I did forward the messages though, just in case! I think Facebook should come up and clear the confusions much earlier than this.1 person likes this
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
29 Oct 09
Well i don;t really see the point of people spreading hoax message. This actually happened in a lot of Social Networking Site. I also experience using that kind of message when i use frienster. It is actually rather stupid since it is for the social networking site to just put the news in their home page instead of asking other to send some message which will flood their server.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
29 Oct 09
Well i don't really know if it gonna still our picture, but password and most of our private data must be gonna be stole by them. So avoid the site for sure. And make sure you check every href from every link that people gave you, even if the one who give you is your friend.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
29 Oct 09
Yes, very true. There is no too careful in the internet. Once people get your password, then it will be too late. And too make it worse is if you use only one password for many site, then you will be in a deep trouble. Thanks man for responding this discussion.
@bluecrayons (3)
• United States
31 Oct 09
this really sucks. i dont access any site thru emails. never can tell which is true or not.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
31 Oct 09
Yes, it is better if you check the link that people give you through E-Mail. Most of it actually can be a spam, but some of them actually can lead you to a scam / phishing site that will still your username, password and your other personal data. Thanks for responding this discussion.
@dvikramsingh (109)
• India
28 Oct 09
There no such type of site first check your link....if don't check this link way are you gave us this link.
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@SouStalker (97)
• Indonesia
29 Oct 09
Hey ! I never heard it before !! thanks for this information !! i love facebook,and almost every hours i access,yah,just to see if theres new wall post or messages for me.
maybe we should not access facebook through other site (linking),it may be linked to those fake facebook site. well,i will warn my friends on facebook. Thanks !
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
29 Oct 09
Yes. you shouldn't warn your friend about facabook.co.tv since the site actually has been blocked by most browser. But you do must warn your friend for another trick that might happened. It seem that this kind of trick is not the first time, and i am really sure that this is will not be the last.
@getbrowser (1708)
• China
28 Oct 09
I have heard of something similar with the situation you have said above.
In fact, the fake Facebook is just a Phishing Website, which is so similar with the original Facebook official site that most people, expecially these newbies, can't distinguish the fake one and the true site. Of course, this kind of site usually record our username, password and other privacy information.
These fake sites may bring us some serious potential threats usually.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
29 Oct 09
Yes, it is a very dangerous think. And most newbies in internet will be an easy victim for this kind of trick. But thanks God now their trick has been reported and the site now has been block by most browser. Even i cannot access the site using mozila firefox.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
28 Oct 09
Yes me too. There really are always a person who like to cheat and trick other. Not only in real life, but also in internet life. It seem with internet evolve so fast, the trickster in this world also evolve fast too. And facebook might not the only site that these kind of people is after. Ok that's it from me, thank for your respond in this discussion.
@GEEKBOYINDISGUISE (11)
• Singapore
28 Oct 09
Yea, better be safe than sorry ya? HAHA, anyway, thanks for sharing about it to prevent someone falling into the trap!
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
28 Oct 09
Yes, your welcome. I just do what i think will help other. Because information like this are important and will help us improve our awareness and make us more careful while surfing the internet. Well thanks for responding this discussion, even though it just a one liner.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
28 Oct 09
Well actually i never access the site. I am afraid to access it since i am afraid they will have malware there or somehow recored my cookies and other evil stuff that they might do to me. So better safe then sorry, i prefer not to check the site at all. Thanks for responding this discussion.
