So yesterday some jerk took over my friend Jose's account and tried to lure me in with this Facebook phishing scam. Here's how it went down.
11:14am Jose
hey
11:14am Jim
hey jose, what's up?
11:15am Jose
not too good
11:15am Jim
what's wrong?
11:16am Jose
i'm stranded in London
got mugged at gun point last night
all cash,credit card and phone was stolen
11:16am Jim
yikes! still have your passport at least?
11:17am Jose
yes
my return flight leaves in few hours but having troubles sorting out the hotel bills
11:18am Jim
really? how did you phish into jose's account?
hey
11:14am Jim
hey jose, what's up?
11:15am Jose
not too good
11:15am Jim
what's wrong?
11:16am Jose
i'm stranded in London
got mugged at gun point last night
all cash,credit card and phone was stolen
11:16am Jim
yikes! still have your passport at least?
11:17am Jose
yes
my return flight leaves in few hours but having troubles sorting out the hotel bills
11:18am Jim
really? how did you phish into jose's account?
The worst part? Facebook seems to be uninteretsed in either dealing with this particular scam or are doing so in a completely opaque manner.
The obvious moral of the story is BE CAREFUL. Utilize Snopes and search Google for scams if anyone asks you for money / passwords / ANYTHING WEIRD (and even the not-so weird). Just because someone looks like your friend on the internet doesn't mean it actually IS your friend!
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