Facebook Hacker Hoaxes

According to a post that is circulating rapidly on Facebook, you can check the security status of your Facebook account just by typing the letters “BFF” as a comment. 

According to a message that is currently circulating on Facebook, you should not accept Magnus [surname removed] as a Facebook friend.

According to a “warning” post that is currently circulating on Facebook, you should not accept a friendship request from a person called Andrea Wilson.  

A message currently circulating via social media warns you not to accept a friendship request from a person that uses the names Godwin Anni, Emeka Anni or Godwin Enyi.

Message currently circulating via Facebook warns you not to accept anything from a person called Fabrizio Brambilla because he is a hacker. 

A post currently making its way around Facebook warns you not to accept a friendship request from a person named James Wood.

According to a post that is rapidly circulating via Facebook, you should tell all the people on your messenger list not to…

According to a supposed warning message that is circulating rapidly on Facebook, you should not accept a friendship request from one “Jayden K. Smith”.

According to a warning message that is currently circulating via Facebook, you should not accept a contact request from a person called Anwar Jitou because he is a hacker.

A recurring claim in many bogus security warnings is that hackers can somehow magically hijack Facebook accounts and repost messages without the account holder having taken any action to allow this.