Facebook account cancellation malware poses as Adobe Flash update !!

[INDRANIL]

Hi all . It's a Facebook related warning . If you get false mail from third party related to you're facebook account just ignore it. The mail looks like --

Hi [email address]

We are sending you this email to inform you that we have received an account cancellation request from you. Please follow the link below to confirm or cancel this request

Thanks,
The Facebook Team

To confirm or cancel this request, follow the link below:
click here

The social engineering being used by the tricksters behind this malware attack is pretty cunning. They know that people value their Facebook accounts highly, and many would be upset to lose access to them and the digital connections they have built up with friends and family.

The hope of the cybercriminals is that victims will blindly agree to whatever the computer tells them to do, in order to "fix" the account cancellation request.

The malware attempts to infect your Windows computer

If you do allow the applet to run, you will see a message telling you that Adobe Flash must be updated.

Of course, the code that is downloaded is not really Adobe Flash at all. Instead, the program drops additional files into your /WIN32 folder, which have the intention of allowing remote hackers to spy on your activities and take control of your computer.

Guys Careful specially Kids . Stay Safe .


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[JayCub]

oh no another FB warning, although it is really popular with many i have to say thank you to Indra for the news and helping to keep unwary users in the loop... i can see quite a few people getting caught out with this, but not one of Raymond's members of course..

[BigGuy]

Thanks for the info Indranil. I don't see myself falling for this kind of thing, but I suppose some people will.

[INDRANIL]

@Jay @BigGuy good to know that .

[ted]

Facebook shareholders should be held responsible for this and people should be allowed to take out lawsuits for damages
BTW I'm glad to see share prices falling how anyone fell for this after already rich b*stards invested before anyone else got the chance it was so obvious

[BigGuy]

BTW I'm glad to see share prices falling how anyone fell for this after already rich b*stards invested before anyone else got the chance it was so obvious

My dad invests in the stock market, but he won't buy any IPOs like Facebook. He says even if you like the company it is better to wait for a few months, until the "froth" wears off and you can buy the stock at a more reasonable price.

[ted]

Your dad is right BigGuy a lot of investors were scammed by this and are now complaining but that is the risk you take in the stock market plus Zuckerberg doesn't look like someone to be trusted one bit.

[BigGuy]

plus Zuckerberg doesn't look like someone to be trusted one bit.

That reminds me of a quote I heard in some movie, or TV show, but I can't remeber which one. It went like this, "I'm not in business to be loved, but I am in business."

[jj1two3]

I know several people that will probably jump head first into this scam. What to do ? What to do?

[Schlange]

I keep on receiveing this kind of scam mail notice since last year in my different Hotmail A/Cs.
I never clicked on these attached links as I had never used these Hotmail to open any FB A/C.