FaceBook Scam Alert

Here’s the latest Facebook
phishing scam to watch out for…

(Note: blurred info is my email address or mail server.)

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Clue #1 : check the email address it was sent to. Is it your email account
that you use for Facebook?

People with multiple email addresses may find, like us, that NONE of the
recipient addresses belongs to their Facebook accounts.

Clue #2: Check the long (or “full”) headers in your email application
(your email “client”). Does it look like this?

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The domains in this long/full header are legitimate. They just don’t belong to the gang of professional criminals doing the phishing.

Clue #3: The address “inbound.smytheonline.com.netsolmail.net” is probably valid. But “inbound” mail servers don’t send messages OUT.

Clue #4 (and it’s the clincher): The message has a link and a button for you to update your account details. That’s a guaranteed giveaway.

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Tread warily out there on the Wild, Wild web, okay?