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Latest Facebook phish attack steals your account, financial information
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article published on 15 January, 2012
In what has got to be one of the most idiotic attacks I have ever heard of, Kaspersky Lab is reporting today that Facebook users are being phished in an effort to steal their accounts and full credit card details.
The attack begins with a private message, purportedly from "The Facebook Team," that reads "Last Warning: Your Facebook account will be turned off Because someone has reported ... [ read the full article ]
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dab0ne
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16. January 2012 @ 10:44 |
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This is why I don't have Facebook, Twitter, My space, or any other social silliness. Although you would have to be pretty foolish to fall for this.
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16. January 2012 @ 11:17 |
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It really is bothersome how the level of common sense has just about made it on the endangered species list..
Here's a hint for the 'sense-icly impaired'... if you didn't need your credit information to sign up, chances are they don't "ever" need it.
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Jeffrey_P
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16. January 2012 @ 11:49 |
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Originally posted by LordRuss:
It really is bothersome how the level of common sense has just about made it on the endangered species list..
Here's a hint for the 'sense-icly impaired'... if you didn't need your credit information to sign up, chances are they don't "ever" need it.
Hopefully these dumb-asses can't/won't procreate.
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16. January 2012 @ 12:51 |
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Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:
Hopefully these dumb-asses can't/won't procreate.
Jeff
Yet it pains me to say, "the dumbest guys on the planet have the biggest dorks..."
Not my words gentlemen. Someone much wiser than I spoke of this truism long ago. I've been working with folks in laboratories from all over for injections of Alzheimers into the penis for quite some time, but research is slow. Trust me, these egg heads want it just as bad as the rest of us do.
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16. January 2012 @ 23:02 |
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Originally posted by LordRuss:
It really is bothersome how the level of common sense has just about made it on the endangered species list..
Here's a hint for the 'sense-icly impaired'... if you didn't need your credit information to sign up, chances are they don't "ever" need it.
As the saying goes "Common sense is anything but common" Too many people fall for these scams. Scammers go to great lenghts to make the emails and messages look like they are actually coming from Facebook or some bank or other organization that could have financial and personal data. If people actually took the time to examine the message before they blindly clicked they would see the obvious tricks but most see the logo and react off of panic and this is what the scammers are hoping for. The days of the virus and worms to get data are gone and now it is all social engineering attacks which affect everyone no matter what system they use.
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16. January 2012 @ 23:22 |
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people need to smarten up and stop falling for scams.
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hearme0
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17. January 2012 @ 12:19 |
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Anyone falling for this deserves a 'tough love' lesson.
Tech savvy or not.......this is like giving the key to your house to a stranger...........you just don't!
Personally, I wouldn't feel an ounce of remorse for anyone duped.
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17. January 2012 @ 12:26 |
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Originally posted by hearme0:
Anyone falling for this deserves a 'tough love' lesson.
Tech savvy or not.......this is like giving the key to your house to a stranger...........you just don't!
Personally, I wouldn't feel an ounce of remorse for anyone duped.
If more people thought of it that way then maybe they would not be so eager to click or submit such information. Unfortunately many people think that they are safe and secure behind a computer which is maybe why cyber-bullying is so popular. Most people post stuff on the internet that they would never say or do in real life.
I also have no remorse and have no problem telling the person why this happened to them and why they cannot blame their identity theft, infection, or money loss on the computer and have no one to blame but themselves.
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17. January 2012 @ 12:36 |
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You know, the only way I could see pity or remorse for any of these folks is if the con men had an ingenious plot/plan that took weeks for the scam to take place. Something that would damn near be celebrated. Kind of on the verge of being of having you brag, "I was one of the individuals that got took for $xxx in that con job" kind of scam.
I mean you wouldn't even call it a scam it would be that good. Hollywood would be making movies about it & not even take your money, it would be that good. That kind of con. Sure, the perpetrators would have to go to jail, but even the televised courtroom trial would be like a sitcom & everyone would be happy about it.
That's what we need. That's when 'these' folks would get my empathy.
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hearme0
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18. January 2012 @ 10:52 |
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Originally posted by bobiroc:
Originally posted by hearme0:
Anyone falling for this deserves a 'tough love' lesson.
Tech savvy or not.......this is like giving the key to your house to a stranger...........you just don't!
Personally, I wouldn't feel an ounce of remorse for anyone duped.
If more people thought of it that way then maybe they would not be so eager to click or submit such information. Unfortunately many people think that they are safe and secure behind a computer which is maybe why cyber-bullying is so popular. Most people post stuff on the internet that they would never say or do in real life.
I also have no remorse and have no problem telling the person why this happened to them and why they cannot blame their identity theft, infection, or money loss on the computer and have no one to blame but themselves.
In the words of Madea..........Halleluyer!!
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