How else are scammers hacking accounts?!๐๐๐
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๐ฑ FEAR: Many of these accounts that appear to be official meta-accounts will capitalize on fear of your page being hacked or shut down. They will say things like โFINAL WARNINGโ or โYOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DISABLEDโ.
๐ โ๐ปBefore you freak out ๐ฑ when you see thisโฆ we suggest you:
1. Breath
2. Resist the urge to click anything - WE REPEAT, DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING! The hacker wants you to freak out.. click the link and give them your login info immediately before you even know youโve done something compromising. ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ
3. Notice that most of the time the logos arenโt official with slight variations. Also, the written English is typically broken or not punctuated properly. These are dead give aways that youโre dealing with a scammer.
4. Next you need to REPORT & BAN that user and delete their messages! ๐๐๐ BYE BYE LOSER!! โ
How else are they scamming people? ๐คจ
๐ฅธ Fake Personas: Fake followers with believeable names will be interacting with people in your audience within the comments section and saying things like, โthey have been trying to friend request but itโs not working and I would love to connect (insert nefarious link here)โ.
The sad truth is, many people fall prey to these imposters because new friends are fun! ๐ฏโโ๏ธ Scammers are smart and will take the operation from the comments section to the DMs where they canโt be stopped as easily. They isolate your followers, send clickable links and steal your followers personal identification/ bank account info/ or social pages.
๐๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ปThese are some of the things we have been learning in the last couples years and we canโt stand to see another business/person get hacked by these tactics!
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