WARNING - Another Facebook Phishing Scam!

Thursday, May 21, 2009

It seems that I just posted about this, and yes, it’s getting a bit repetitive, but scammers continue to exploit Facebook with very formulaic phishing scams that more or less do the same thing.

Today’s is from a site called “Areps.at,” and like other scams before it (see FBAction.net and FBStarter.com), it simply asks for you to input your Facebook username and password, with a design that looks similar to that of Facebook.

Don’t give this site your information. If you do, it will proceed to send all of your friends a message telling them to go to Areps.at, and hence, the scam will continue to spread like wildfire.

Harmless to your computer, but your Facebook password may be compromised - who knows how long you will lose your account if this happens to you...

6 comments

RyanG said...

Not another, thanks for the heads up!

May 21, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Anonymous said...

I'm so surprised that people fall for these silly phishing attacks...you're dead on with that picture, it must be someones mom trying to use Facebook...ugh!

May 21, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Sal Nuts said...

Who is taking part in these silly scams? Are these people being charged?

May 21, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Anonymous said...

Awesome t-shirt, where can I buy it? :)

May 21, 2009 at 6:26 PM
PauliePocket said...

Hackers are now targeting Facebook with this phishing scam becuase banks and online brokerages have hardened their sites against phishing attacks using a number of techniques - just a new gateway into your information...

May 25, 2009 at 1:07 AM
Anonymous said...

Now, fbstarter.com sure looks suspiciously like fbaction.net. Personally, if you're alert to the important aspects of watching out for phishing, such as:

- Don't use links delivered in emails or IM to login to any site
- If you do, make sure the site's URL looks like what you are expecting
- Email the site / organization / business in question if you are unsure

then you should be pretty safe...

May 25, 2009 at 1:05 PM

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