Beware Of Facebook Phishing Email

Cyber criminal are always finding new ideas of how to fool people in handling their personal information.This time they did not hesitate to use the name of Mark Zuckerberg,the founder and CEO of Facebook, to get information extracted from their victims.The very crucial mistake which the cyber criminals did was in the CEO's name itself,they added and extra 'r'. The mail sent goes as follows:
"Mark Zurckerberg

Dear Facebook user, After reviewing your page activity, it was determined that you were in violation of our Terms of service.Your account might be permanently suspended.

If you think this is a mistake,please verify your account on the link below.This would indicate that your Page does not have a violation on our Terms of Service.

We will immediately review your account activity,and we will notify you again via email.
Verify your account at the link below: [Link Removed]"

Those who clicks on the link are sent to a webpage identical to that of Facebook Login page,obviously a fake one.Once they enter their username and password,victims are automatically redirected to the 'Help' section of the real Facebook website.On the other side,once the scammers receive the information,they can hijack the Facebook accounts of the victims.

Our advise to readers: DO NOT FOLLOW ANY SUCH LINK IN YOUR EMAILS AND IF YOU THINK YOU ARE AMONG THE VICTIMS,CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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