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Protect yourself from Phacebook Phishers

If you think there is any worth to your Facebook account, other than its intrinsic value to you (or your friends), then just ask the scammers and phishers, who are trying harder and harder to access your information in order to use it (and you) to promote their warez, ponzi scams, spam, and other nefarious online activities.

Scammers are luring people into visiting Twitter links and blogposts that redirect to phoney Facebook logins, hoping to capture your sign-in information, and use your hacked account as spam fodder, or sell it to black hat marketeers who have numerous methods of using Facebook for their own profitable gains, and at your expense.

It’s getting more difficult to know who you can trust, especially when your best friend could be a victim of these Facebook phishers.

The easiest way to protect yourself is to always ascertain that the link you visit is legitimate, and that the link in the address bar matches the so-called site you are visiting. So if it looks like the Facebook login page, but it’s showing up as a nonsensical Chinese domain, then back away and avoid clicking thru, and do not attempt to enter your personal log-in information.

There are always going to be scammers, shillers, and fraud artists on the Internet. But you don’t need to become a victim just because you’re friend told you to click on a funny video. Be alert–your Facebook account might not be that interesting or exciting, but in the wrong hands, it could make you look like a spam artist. Protect yourself and only enter Facebook from your bookmarks or from typing in the website in the address bar.

Phacebook Phishers Phinding Ways To Steal Your Account

Phishing isn’t anything new to the Internet–it’s a sneaky way for scammers to trick you into giving up your information (names, passwords, account numbers), allowing them to snatch up your profiles, logins, and other personal accounts.

But what Facebook phishers are doing is finding ways to obtain your information, then selling the Facebook accounts to spammers, who will use the stolen accounts to promote illegal products, malware, and other illicit websites. They will spam the hell out of these accounts until they are suspended or banned, and then move on to the next one, without any regard for the original account holder.

While Facebook hackers might not be as dangerous as stealing your Paypal account or your bank account, still they have complete access to all of your personal information, which can then be used to apply for credit cards and other forms of fraudulent credit and identity theft.

While it might seem like an obvious cautionary warning, never give out your personal details to anyone, always use different passwords (and not easy-to-figure-out passwords at that) for different websites, and always verify that the page you are logging-in to is the actual website, and not some spoof of Facebook, Paypal, eBay, or other.

All it takes is one slip up for a Facebook hacker to snatch up all your details and use your account for spamming, scamming, or worse.