BUSTED: Fake Facebook Friend Requests

Just about every Facebook user has been on the receiving end of friend requests from people they don't know, and often people who don't exist. But one minor addition to my personal information on Facebook led to an onslaught of them earlier this month, with every single profile displaying the same characteristics.

Just about every Facebook user has been on the receiving end of friend requests from people they don’t know, and often people who don’t exist.

But one minor addition to my personal information on Facebook led to an onslaught of them earlier this month, with every single profile displaying the same characteristics.

Here’s my story, and I’m curious if any of our readers have had similar experiences.

An actual, real-live friend of mine was filling out his timeline profile, and when he was working on his life events, I was asked for permission to include the information that we had attended NYU together.

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