Facebook phishing

Facebook users should keep an eye out for fake copyright infringement warnings that are being distributed via Facebook private messages.

According to this seemingly official message, Facebook has reviewed your page activity and determined that you were in violation of Facebook’s Terms of Use. 

Warning message purporting to be from the Facebook Ads Team claims that your account has been found in violation of terms of service and will be closed for safety reasons.

A Facebook message from a friend appears to show that a video of you has racked up a very large number of views on YouTube.

Messages sent via Facebook’s private messaging system ask if “you are in this video?”, “this is your video?”, or similar video related questions. The messages include a link that supposedly opens the video.

In this video, we cover phishing scams that falsely claim that your Facebook account has been disabled.

Message purporting to be from the Facebook Ads team claims that your account will be deactivated because someone has reported it.

Facebook message asks the question ‘who posted your photo here’ and includes a link leading to a webpage that supposedly features the photo.

Message purporting to be from Facebook claims that your account is ‘considered ineligible use’ and will therefore be disabled if you do not click a link to confirm account details within 12 hours.

Warning sent via Facebook’s messaging system claims that there have been reports from other users about the misuse of your Facebook account and your account will therefore be deactivated if you do not click a link to confirm your details.