Avoid Facebook Phishing Schemes Over the past few months I have noticed a large increase in the number of Facebook accounts getting hacked or hijacked by hackers using Facebook phishing. In order to understand this, let's first take a quick look at why Facebook accounts have become such a target for hackers. Why are Facebook accounts being hacked?... Facebook now has over 500 Million users, and provides such incredible demographic information, that advertisers are now flocking to it for targeted advertising. The very same affiliate marketers that have previously resorted to spam email and blog comment spam to force their message out to the public, have now discovered that by hijacking Facebook accounts, they can deliver their marketing message to the friends and connections of those account holders. These "spammy" messages are more likely to be viewed, read, or even clicked on, because they are seemingly coming from a trusted source (the original account holder). Exactly how are these Facebook accounts being hacked and hijacked?.. This is really just a new delivery method for an old phishing scheme. Phishing happens when you enter your login credentials on a fake Facebook login page or download malicious software to your computer. This may result in messages or links being automatically sent to a large number of your friends. These messages or links are often advertisements encouraging your friends to check out videos or products. The hacker sets up a dummy Facebook profile and sends out hundreds of friend requests and waits for the requests to be accepted. Once some are accepted, they send out tricky messages
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