FRAUD! Watch out for identity theft scam on Facebook
By Sourceseeker
@Sourceseeker (1197)
United States
August 16, 2012 6:28pm CST
A lady on facebook sent me a message saying I had won a prize of 50000$ of course I was sceptical but they said the CIA and FBI was aware and that Mark Zuckerburg had approved. I was still sceptical. But they kept trying and They gave all these official numbers and had not asked for any personal info so I said ok whats up.
Finally they asked for my Facebook password and a light with off I asked why did you need that and they came with some explanation. I delayed then and tried to ask facebook but I could not get through the only way I could official find out they were fraud was because they said they were sending my gift by Fedex and I contacted fed ex and they said it was a fraud. Watch out!
Has anyone had a similar experience?
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4 responses
@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
16 Dec 12
Hi friend, sad to know about your experience, luckily you don't shared your password with them. I don't had this kind of experience, your topic is really a eye opener to mylotters, here after no one believe this kind of fake persons and share their passwords with them
@Sourceseeker (1197)
• United States
30 Dec 12
There are millions of people just looking and waiting to pull off scams we all have to be careful. There was a women CNN reported who tried to rip off the relatives of the children of the shooting of Sandy Hook elementary. People will do anything for money.
@kris182_2000 (5444)
• Canada
17 Aug 12
Once they start asking for passwords, you should know for sure that something's wrong. Usually though, when they start asking for information, then they are also up to something.
Have to use caution with anything like this online. You have to be very careful.
@Sourceseeker (1197)
• United States
18 Aug 12
Yes that is what caught my attention and made me sceptical when they started asking for my password. But they use this scheme on a mass scale and Im sure get alot of people to play along tell your friends to watch out.
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
17 Aug 12
Well, dear friend, your question makes me reflect a lot on this issue.
To me, luckily have not yet happened anything like it. But I've heard a lot about, especially at this time of a phenomenon called "phishing", or identity theft precisely on Facebook.
Indeed, it is strongly recommended to use complex passwords and change them every so often.
It is obvious that our password, we must never tell it to anyone for any reason!
@Sourceseeker (1197)
• United States
18 Aug 12
They used a woman with a common sounding name Susan Collins whom they probably hacked and she does not even know it. But they went to alot of trouble and complexitity to make this scheme they could go to the same amount of energy and make a legit business.
@Sourceseeker (1197)
• United States
18 Aug 12
Tell them to watch for people with common sounding names. They used Susan Collins with me but Im sure they hacked her account.
