Beware Of Facebook Phishing Scam

The latest scam involves none other than the Facebook social networking site. This time there is a phishing attack that claims that you have won 200,000,000 from “Zynga Special Gifts”. You will see elements which display itself from the real Texas Holdem Poker application from facebook. You will see a pop up box which looks authentic.

The next thing which happens is that you will see a mini picture of your head and Texas holdem will ask for permission in order to access your information. You need to be aware of the factor that everything will appear extremely convincing. Once you have clicked the pop up the rest of the scam will follow.

You will see “Welcome to Winners Circle”, which comes with a request for your email, password and false verification code in to prove that you are a real winner. The moment that you enter your information into the data box and hit the button which says:”claim gifts”, your information will automatically go to the malicious online criminals.

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