Facebook Scams

Message purporting to be from Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, claims that the recipient has won $1,000,000 in the Facebook 2011 Sweepstakes online lottery.

Message posted on Facebook supposedly links to information about a whale smashed into a building by the tsunami in Japan.

Facebook message claims that the recipient has won a cash prize in the “Facebook Grant Award”. The message instructs the recipient to follow a link to the award notification website to claim the prize.

Email purporting to be from Facebook claims that Facebook is implementing a new login system and that the user must update his or her account.

Facebook users are being enticed to spam their friends, hand over personal information via dodgy survey sites, and install malware via the promise of a ‘Dislike Button’.

Status updates being passed around on Facebook supposedly provide information about how to gain access to an enhanced version of Facebook called “Facebook Gold”.

Facebook users have been receiving messages that are designed to trick them into providing their Facebook login details to Internet criminals.