Please take note that this is for educational purposes only and not to be used as a means to scam or attack other facebook users. The reason I am sharing this is because I want you to be aware that your FB account can be hacked and how you can protect yourself from it.

The trick to hack a facebook account is through the use of
a fake login page. Here is a sample email that you might
receive from a hacker:

Sample Email:

Sub: Invalid activity on your facebook account
Body: Dear facebook user (victim’s facebook user name), Recently we saw some suspicious activity on your account, we suspect it as a malicious script. As a valuable user to us we understand this might be system error, if the activity is not generated by you then please log-in to your account by following link,
<link to fake login site>

Failing to log-in within next 48 hours Facebook holds right to suspend your account for sake of privacy of you and others. By logging in you’ll confirm it is system error and we will fix it in no time. Your inconvenience is regretted. Thank you.

support@facebook.com,
Facebook, Inc,
1601 S.California Ave
Palo Alto CA 94394
US

So in this email, a person that is not security conscious might quickly click on the link and login. Unfortunately, the login link is not facebook.com/login.php but some other website. That login details are then stored and your account compromised.

An even trickier strategy is to share some scandal video on the wall that creates intrigue to friends, so convincing that they need to see that particular scandal.

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The video however is only viewable upon share. So when you are asked to log-in so that you can share the video, you are instead logging into a fake page that looks exactly like facebook interface and thus your log in details in the hands of the hacker.

So as a lesson, always make sure to check the browser bar whenever you are asked to login to your facebook account. If the browser bar is not FACEBOOK.COM/LOGIN.PHP and some other site like OTHERSITE.COM/LOGIN.PHP, NEVER EVER login!

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So that your account details and your facebook account will not be hacked.

 

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