On social networks, like Facebook, you keep getting Friend requests from people you’ve never seen before. Often it is an old scam: Because these people are not interested in a friendship, but in your money.
But how do the fraudsters go about it? The flirting trick is the most widespread: Often it is profiles with revealing pictures of women who are desperately seeking contact with you. Don’t be fooled: These fake profiles will try to flirt with you so that you can follow them into a “private” chat room, in which they can supposedly be “more revealing” than is possible on Facebook. So what should you do if you are presented with such an “offer”? In no case should you follow into a private chat room and reveal your email address, let alone your phone number. Otherwise it can quickly become expensive.
Don’t underestimate Facebook scammers
Not as common, but still widespread the scam trick. Here scammers try to hide behind a fake profile in order to build up a “friendship” with you. The cheater will engage you in a conversation to make you feel like a real person. Most of the stories he serves up, however, are all fictitious. Often times, the fraudsters will tell of a bad stroke of fate in the course of the chat. The scammers then ask that you transfer money to them due to the current emergency. You quickly find yourself in a pity dilemma. But the supposed person you are writing to does not exist. The cheater wants to make you emotionally dependent by all means so that you want to help him. It is best to break off contact immediately. Do not submit any personal information or money!
The marking trick is making waves, especially on Instagram. But it is also widespread on Facebook. Profiles are marked on images of fake shops in order to gain trust. The scammers want to get access to your circle of acquaintances via a friend request so that they can then tag your FB friends on pictures. Most of them do not even know that fake shops can then distribute these images further with this profile marking. Behind this is a very nasty phishing trap that tries to access certain access rights of your profile. You can get around this scam by managing the marking options in your Facebook settings. You can protect your profile with just a few clicks.
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