WARNING: Malware Poses As Facebook Account-Cancellation Email
Internet security firm Sophos warned of malware disguised as an email from Facebook telling recipients the social network received requests from them to cancel their accounts.
Internet security firm Sophos warned of malware disguised as an email from Facebook telling recipients the social network received requests from them to cancel their accounts.
Sophos outlined the malware scam in a post on its Naked Security blog.
Potential victims receive emails, supposedly from Facebook, which read:
Hi [email address]
We are sending you this email to inform you that we have received an account cancellation request from you. Please follow the link below to confirm or cancel this request.
Thanks,
The Facebook Team
To confirm or cancel this request, follow the link below:
Click here
What makes this particular scam a little more dangerous than others is that the link goes to a Facebook.com
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