Facebook management has warned users about a new fraud, saying that hackers get their data through a fake post to cheat.
According to the details, as the use of social media is increasing worldwide, fraudsters have also started using social media to be active. Facebook, the popular social media platform, has issued a warning to its users regarding a recent scam that aims to steal personal information.
According to a foreign media report, Facebook users have been warned about a new scam in which people are being tricked into clicking on fake links about someone’s sudden death.
Hackers on Facebook post to trick people into writing ‘I can’t believe he’s gone, I’ll miss him so much’ and trick them into clicking on a fake link.
According to the report, users are directed to a website where their Facebook information is stolen.
Experts say that this particular campaign started about a year ago. These scammers have accumulated a large number of hacked accounts since then, making it easier to deceive unsuspecting users.
Facebook continues to remove these unsafe posts, but the platform doesn’t react as quickly as the fakers do.
However, Facebook has successfully disabled these deceptive Facebook redirect links in the post, rendering them inactive in this manner.