"Your Facebook Account Requires Confirmation" Phishing Scam

Your Facebook Account Requires Confirmation Phishing Scam

Facebook users who have received messages like the one below, which claim their Facebook accounts must be confirmed in order to avoid disabling them is a phishing scam. The phishing messages are being sent by cyber criminals to steal Facebook usernames and passwords by taking Facebook users to a fake Facebook website where they will be asked sign-in. But, any attempt to sign into the fake website will result in their Facebook account usernames and passwords being sent to the cybercriminals. Once the cybercriminals have gotten their potential victims' account credentials, they will hijack their accounts and use them fraudulently.

The "Your Facebook Account Requires Confirmation" Phishing Scam

FRM:2514175675@usamobility.net

MSG:Your Facebook account requires confirmation! To avoid losing your account confirm your identity now:

hxxps://goo.gl/2cEh2Z

Facebook users who click on the link in the message will be taken to the following fake Facebook website:

http://m.facebook.com--------secured-----confirm----- account-login--491840561.samanthagerrit .com/

Facebook Account Confirmation

Dear user,

Your Facebook account must be confirmed today in order to avoid disabling! This process is quick and must be done by all of our users as an extra security measure. If you fail to confirm your account today it will be limited and then disabled!

Confirm your Identity now

This why Facebook users should never click on a link to sign into their accounts. They should instead, go directly to www.facebook.com or use Facebook's app to check their accounts for important notifications or updates if there are any.

Facebook users who have been tricked by the message are asked to change their passwords immediately.

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  • May 19, 2018 at 5:23 AM by an anonymous user from: Bangkok, Thailand

    Please my Facebook account is now disable. Please give my login to my account.

  • May 14, 2018 at 2:21 PM by an anonymous user from: San Jose, California, United States

    I got this message "We are reviewing records for your account, please check - hxxp://record-fbcom.site?review=jafcyzzagu" from this email 2483857092@txt.att.net

  • April 18, 2018 at 6:25 AM by an anonymous user from: Germantown, Maryland, United States

    I received a confirmation number in my email for Facebook. It did not send me a link or have a message attached. I did not sign into anything to have this sent to me

  • March 13, 2018 at 10:23 PM by info

    Here is another scam at: hxxp://m-fb-ssl.xyz

    "facebook account confirmation

    Dear user,

    Your Facebook account must be confirmed today in order to avoid disabling! This process is quick and must be done by all of our users as an extra security measure. If you fail to confirm your account today it will be limited and then disabled!

    Confirm your identity now"

  • February 16, 2018 at 6:14 PM by an anonymous user from: Blooming Grove, New York, United States

    Got this Text message from (717)498-0311:

    "Your facebook account is reported please confirm your account here hxxp://security-765.at.ua/account-765457652.html"

    • February 21, 2018 at 4:09 PM by an anonymous user from: Forrest City, Arkansas, United States

      I got the same one

  • November 24, 2017 at 8:35 AM by info

    Here is another scam:

    "Facebook.com: please RECONFIRM your identity or your account will be deleted now! hxxp://facebook-ip.do.am/com.html"

  • November 8, 2017 at 10:44 PM by info

    They are now using the following link:

    hxxp://follow-announcement-fb.online/

  • November 8, 2017 at 10:43 PM by info

    Here is another scam:

    "Dear user,

    Your Facebook account must be confirmed today in order to avoid disabling! This process is quick and must be done by all of our users as an extra security measure. If you fail to confirm your account today it will be limited and then disabled!"

  • July 16, 2017 at 7:40 PM by an anonymous user from: Quezon City, National Capital Region, Philippines

    How to confirm my account?

    • July 16, 2017 at 8:04 PM by info

      Facebook doesn't ask their users to confirm their accounts.

  • July 15, 2017 at 3:03 PM by info

    Received the following text on my AT&T cell phone:

    "FRM:2163138535@vtext.com

    MSG:Your Facebook account requires immediate confirmation, please follow this link: https://goo.gl/svQkrV"

    The link goes to the following malicious website:

    hxxp://m.facebook.com-securelogin-account -confirmation-151183405.xmahasi5.com/

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