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Facebook Padlock Security Low Hoax

If the message below is posted on your Facebook wall or timeline, please ignore it because it is a hoax. There is no threat to your Facebook account by hackers and the padlock that the message is referring to, is a shortcut to your Facebook privacy setting that Facebook recently rolled out. Please do not copy and paste this hoax and send it to your friends. It may help reporting it to Facebook by using the "Report Story" or "Report as spam" link.

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Here is a copy of the Facebook Padlock Security Low Hoax:

HACKERS ALERT….. ATTENTION!!!!! IF ANY OF YOU GET A PADLOCK ON TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER OF FACEBOOK HOME PAGE SAYING YOUR SECURITY IS LOW.. IGNORE.. DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.IT IS SO HACKERS CAN ACCESS YOUR ACCOUNT. COPY & PASTE PLEASE

This is how the new Facebook padlock privacy setting shortcut looks:

Please do not spread this hoax by sharing, “liking” or commenting on it.

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