Facebook Hacker Hoaxes

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.