{"id":366,"date":"2016-01-23T14:59:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T21:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dshsolutions.com\/wordpress\/?p=366"},"modified":"2016-01-23T14:59:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T21:59:55","slug":"facebook-page-disabled-phish-wants-your-card-details-malwarebytes-unpackedchristopher-boyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dshsolutions.com\/wordpress\/facebook-page-disabled-phish-wants-your-card-details-malwarebytes-unpackedchristopher-boyd\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook \u201cPage Disabled\u201d Phish Wants your Card Details | Malwarebytes UnPacked\/Christopher Boyd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook \u201cPage Disabled\u201d Phish Wants your Card Details — Targets Page Admins<\/h1>\n

Fake Facebook Security pages are quite a common sight, and there\u2019s a \u201cYour page will be disabled unless\u2026\u201d scam in circulation at the moment on random Facebook comment sections which you should steer clear of.<\/p>\n

The scam begins with a message like this, courtesy of Twitter user Alukeonlife<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Heads up Facebook page admins, there\u2019s a new comment-scam propagating around pages on Facebook. Looks like this: pic.twitter.com\/mkVtBo8dX1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Luke (@alukeonlife) January 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Warning!!!\nYour page will be disabled.\nDue to your page has been reported by other users.\nPlease re-confirm your page in order to avoid blocking. You violate our terms of service. If you are the original owner of this account, please re-confirm your account in order to avoid blocking.<\/pre>\n
If the multiple exclamation marks and generally terrible grammar didn\u2019t give the game away, the following request certainly might:<\/p>\n
To complete your pages account please confirm Http below:\n\nhttps(dot)lnkd(dot)in\/bNF9BUY?Facebook.Recovery.page\n\n\"Attention\"\n\nIf you do not confirm, then our system will automatically block your account and you will not be able to use it again.\nThank you for the cooperation helping us improve our service.\nThe Facebook Team<\/pre>\n
Note that they use the Linkedin URL shortener<\/a>, which is somewhat unusual \u2013 perhaps the scammers think people are growing suspicious of endless bit(dot)ly and goo(dot)gl URLs being sent their way, and are attempting to throw a business-centric sheen on their shenanigans. They won\u2019t get away with it without a fight, however \u2013 Google Safe Browsing flags the final destination\u00a0as a dubious website: and fires up a \u201cDeceptive site ahead\u201d warning:<\/p>\n
\"Fake<\/p>\n
As for the scam page itself, which is located at<\/p>\n
report-fanpage(dot)gzpot(dot)com\/Next\/login(dot)htm<\/p>\n
it looks like this:<\/p>\n
\"FaceBook<\/p>\n
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Source: \u00a0Facebook \u201cPage Disabled\u201d Phish Wants your Card Details | Malwarebytes UnPacked\/Christopher Boyd<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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