22:55
Faizan
What to do when you get a friend request from someone you don't know, and there are no common friends? Or someone from a group or game you are active on? Or a friend of a friend who makes no sense as to why a request would come? Or from someone you know you are already friends with? Think before accepting - adding people for the sake of adding people is pretty certain you'll find issues pop up - you'll be cloned (someone will set up a new FB profile, pretending to be you, complete with your photo and personal information lifted from your profile), or you'll be posting rogue things, without knowing you're posting them (thanks to a rogue friend who now has access to you), or your personal information and habits are now known by strangers (and leaving you vulnerable to burglary or worse).
If you meet someone in a group, or game, or app, you really don't know if the person is who he says he is. The person could be in there, hoping to gain rapport with others so that she can connect with all and start sending fraudulent offers and pleas. There is no guarantee anyone on FB is who they say they are. Even if the identity is true, that doesn't mean their motives are pure.
If you get a request from someone who you know you are already friends with, don't accept - check with your friend first, as it's likely the new request is from a clone. You can often look at their page link and notice it's different from a normal page link - not just the person's name. Sometimes, it may be legitimate (one friend forgot her password and rather than have FB get a reset, she set up a new profile).
Cloners want to pretend to be you, or anyone else, to get access to your friend list - sending friend requests to all those friends. Once a new friend list is made, then rogue posts and requests start posting - ask for money, post things to click on that are trying to take advantage of you, or phishing schemes (to gather information from you), etc. It may look harmless, but gives a load of information to a rogue person. Quizzes ask pointed questions - gathering information that will, for many people, be one of their passwords.
Sometimes a legitimate friend gets hacked - someone has logged in as that person and is posting things that wouldn't be posted by the real person. If you see such, alert your friend in a way not connected to Facebook - email, phone call, text, or Messenger.
Rogue friends are not only harmful to you, but also to your friends. Once your make a friend, that person has access to all your friends - and anyone who hasn't made their friend list private, is also vulnerable to being cloned. Your friends are also going to be contacted to friend "you" once you get cloned.
If you meet someone in a group, or game, or app, you really don't know if the person is who he says he is. The person could be in there, hoping to gain rapport with others so that she can connect with all and start sending fraudulent offers and pleas. There is no guarantee anyone on FB is who they say they are. Even if the identity is true, that doesn't mean their motives are pure.
If you get a request from someone who you know you are already friends with, don't accept - check with your friend first, as it's likely the new request is from a clone. You can often look at their page link and notice it's different from a normal page link - not just the person's name. Sometimes, it may be legitimate (one friend forgot her password and rather than have FB get a reset, she set up a new profile).
Cloners want to pretend to be you, or anyone else, to get access to your friend list - sending friend requests to all those friends. Once a new friend list is made, then rogue posts and requests start posting - ask for money, post things to click on that are trying to take advantage of you, or phishing schemes (to gather information from you), etc. It may look harmless, but gives a load of information to a rogue person. Quizzes ask pointed questions - gathering information that will, for many people, be one of their passwords.
Sometimes a legitimate friend gets hacked - someone has logged in as that person and is posting things that wouldn't be posted by the real person. If you see such, alert your friend in a way not connected to Facebook - email, phone call, text, or Messenger.
Rogue friends are not only harmful to you, but also to your friends. Once your make a friend, that person has access to all your friends - and anyone who hasn't made their friend list private, is also vulnerable to being cloned. Your friends are also going to be contacted to friend "you" once you get cloned.
Posted in: computer
