More Direct Facebook Spam
Wednesday, May 26 2010 @ 03:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Contributed by: Michael Brusletten
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If you have a Facebook account, and most of you do now a days, its getting tougher to to know if an email from them is legit. Below is an example of such email that is NOt legit. If this or any other type of email make it past your spam filters, there are way to find out if its legit before you go clicking on any links. The first thing you might notice is the blank picture and the user name of Facebook Support. That alone should make you aware that something is not right.
now if that doesn't peak your intrest, then hover your mouse over the link of "To read this message, follow the link below:" and take notice of the url in the status bar (usually at the bottom of your email reader). From there you can verify by looking (not clicking) at the url to see if it really is from Facebook or if its got a url that is linking to some other website. If its from facebook.com, then more than likely its legit, but still be cautious. A link on an actual facebook page may still pose a danger if clicked on from there.
The link in the email if it is anything suspicious like http://www.zjwzly.com/biteme.html or anything elae for that matter, DO NOT click on it to open in your browser. Its more than likely a way away for s[ammers and hackers to try and install something onto your computer without your knowledge and that can wreck havoc on your system. See below a simular copy of what the email may look like.
Received: from 61.97.32.104 by node4.ns2.spacequad.com (Spacequad AntiSpam Services - When reporting spam, please include this header and send reports to abuse@spacequad.com.); Wed, 26 May 2010 13:53:50 -0400 Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 02:50:36 +0600 To: <facebookuser@spacequad.com> From: Facebook Service <notification+audnvamwkptj@facebookmail.com> Reply-to: noreply <noreply@facebookmail.com> Subject: Facebook Notify sent you a message on Facebook... Message-ID: <822d6026e7d70aecb4aab14a3e70fac4@www.facebook.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Facebook-Notify: msg; from=19303768759603; t=1813932818776; mailid=0f45dAC2aB916CCb76F3E675fCEf6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset = "UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: LogSat Software SMTP Server X-SF-RX-Return-Path: <chaney@amhire.com> X-SF-HELO-Domain: localhost X-SF-Originating-IP: 61.97.32.104 X-Rejection-Reason: 3 - 557 Your IP 61.97.32.104 does not have a reverse DNS entry.
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You have the right to say whatever wish.
But just as you may not open my door to say it, you also may not put it in my email box. Your Spam stops at my firewall!