Facebook Password Reset Scams Sent bt Cybercriminals

Facebook Password Reset Scams Sent bt Cybercriminals

Facebook users who have received emails like the one below, which claim their passwords were recently reset are asked not to click on the link in them. This is because the fake emails are phishing scams being sent by cybercriminals who are attempting to steal their potential victims' Facebook account credentials. Therefore, Facebook users who have been tricked by the fake and phishing emails are asked to change their password immediately before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently.

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A Facebook Password Reset Scam

From: Facebook <admin@Outlook.com>

Sent: Sun, Sep 29, 2019 8:30 am

Subject: Facebook password reset

facebook

Hi,

Your Facebook password was reset using the email address [] on Sunday, september 29, 2019 at 5:24pm (MDT).

Operating system: Mac OS X

Browser: Chrome

IP address: 97.123.28.2

Estimated location: Albuquerque, NEW MEXICO, US

If you did this, you can safely disregard this email.

If you didn't do this, please secure your account, By sending this code:26556 . From here.

Thanks,

Facebook users whose account have already been hijacked, can click here for help.

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Apr. 10, 2020 at 7:19 AM by
Facebook Password Reset Scams Sent bt Cybercriminals
an anonymous user from: Eugene, Oregon, United States

I canceled my facebook account officially back in about 2005. I still got a message, LOL.

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Feb. 20, 2020 at 4:26 PM by
Facebook Password Reset Scams Sent bt Cybercriminals
an anonymous user from: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Thanks for clearing this up. I have received 18 of these emails, sometimes 3 in a day a minute apart

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Feb. 2, 2020 at 3:18 PM by
Facebook Password Reset Scams Sent bt Cybercriminals
an anonymous user from: Safety Harbor, Florida, United States

I just received same notice, contacted my tech guy immediately but decided NOT to click on the link - I'm so glad I didn't because it's a scam and I would have opened my site to hackers. It's the exact notice as the one above. Gabrielle L.

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Jan. 22, 2020 at 4:29 PM by
Facebook Password Reset Scams Sent bt Cybercriminals
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"-Original Message-

From: Facebook <contact@summumfashion.com>

Sent: Tue, Jan 21, 2020 11:09 am

Subject: Facebook password reset

facebook

Hi,

Your Facebook password was reset using the email address on Tue, jan 21, 2020 at 5:24pm (MDT).

Operating system: Mac OS X

Browser: Chrome

IP address: 97.123.28.2

Estimated location: Albuquerque, NEW MEXICO, US

If you did this, you can safely disregard this email.

If you didn't do this, please secure your account, By sending this code:26556 . From here.

Thanks,

The Facebook Security Team"

Here is another scam.

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Jan. 29, 2020 at 3:53 AM by
Facebook Password Reset Scams Sent bt Cybercriminals
an anonymous user from: Live Oak, Florida, United States

I also got this very e-mail!

And stupid me...I clicked on the "from here". Nothing happened- it took me nowhere. Then my email account started to get 20 spam every day.

Has been about 3 days and they have been slowing down.

I will go change my facebook password NOW and NEVER again click on these notices!

THANKS for letting people know!

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Dec. 9, 2019 at 12:47 PM by
Facebook Password Reset Scams Sent bt Cybercriminals
an anonymous user from: Largo, Florida, United States

I was hacked and now being harrassed by Russian s*x sites and multiple various yahoo and gmail users. My gmail account is over burdened with spam and it's going to force legal action on my part.

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Oct. 3, 2019 at 5:15 PM by
Facebook Password Reset Scams Sent bt Cybercriminals
info

Here is another scam

-Original Message-

From: Facebook <admin@Outlook.com>

Sent: Thu, Oct 3, 2019 9:48 am

Subject: Facebook password reset

facebook

Hi,

Your Facebook password was reset using the email address [] on Thursday, october 03, 2019 at 5:24pm (MDT).

Operating system: Mac OS X

Browser: Chrome

IP address: 97.123.28.2

Estimated location: Albuquerque, NEW MEXICO, US

If you did this, you can safely disregard this email.

If you didn't do this, please secure your account, By sending this code:26556 . From here.

Thanks,

The Facebook Security Team

Delete

Sep. 30, 2019 at 8:15 AM by
Facebook Password Reset Scams Sent bt Cybercriminals
info

NEVER click on a link in an email telling you there's something wrong with one of your accounts, whether it be social media, email, banking/credit card, Etsy / eBay, or wherever. Go directly to the site under your own power and check things out. You probably should change your password while you're there just to be safe, but do it after you log in, NOT from a link in an email.

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