Question:
Are they the scam emails from Facebook?
musicaf
2011-07-28 11:40:23 UTC
Hi,

The email addresses below I got from Facebook.
Are they scam emails?

The first email ask me for confirmation of the registration.

The second email 'Sorry you've been having trouble logging into your
Facebook account.', I click on this link, and tried to log in, but could not. So I ask for password. I thought it my Facebook account, because I used to try to log in to Facebook that I've never used, and also not sure that it have been deleted by me a long time ago.

The third email send me a link to change my password. I changed the password.

The fourth email informed me that I have already changed the password, but please click the below link to activate my account. I did and found out it was not my account. The first name is the same as mine, but last name is not.
So I contact Facebook '419 Scam - Friend Report' from the link on this webpage 'http://www.110words.com/1272/how-to-contact-facebook-email-support/'

The fifth email informed me that they received my email to ask for help.

The sixth email asked me to this page 'If you are reporting a hacked account, you can take immediate steps to secure your account or direct the account holder to secure their account here:
http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=420'


The following are the suspicious email addresses;

confirm+AbWFuZWV3YW5AZ21haWwuY29t@facebookmail.com
update+kr4mbyqgn2yr@facebookmail.com
password+kr4mbyqgn2yr@facebookmail.com
password_change+kr4mbyqgn2yr@facebookmail.com
abuse+uemeo6u.aeaoetnh7mw6v3on6wfa@support.facebook.com
abuse+uemeo6u.aeaoetnh7mw6v3on6wfe2dy@support.facebook.com

What should I do?
It's really difficult to contact Facebook and I don't know the links I found on the internet are legitimate.

Thank you very much.
Four answers:
Isaac B
2011-07-28 11:49:49 UTC
never trust emails...

never use links the emails give you to do anything(except activate accounts)



So, is someone using your email address to make a facebook account?



did someone hack your facebook account and change the last name?



could they be trying to phish out your password to use one facebook or OTHER places?(some people use the same password for everything)



It might be wise of you to go through all the places you use that password and change it.
JoelKatz
2011-07-28 11:44:07 UTC
These are all scam emails. *NEVER*, *EVER* click on a link in an email and then enter in a password to one of your accounts. *Immediately* change the passwords for any accounts whose passwords you entered into such links. The links are to fake sites that look real but actually send your passwords to scammers.



If you receive an email you think might be legitimate, log into the real site by typing its name into your browser's address bar.



You can't base anything on the email addresses in the emails. If the emails are from scammers, the scammers chose the email addresses to put in them.
Kittysue
2011-07-28 11:47:47 UTC
Those are all scams



You need to immediately change your password if it's not too late. What will happen now is that the hacker will start emailing all of your friends pretending to be you stuck overseas and you've been robbed and you are asking them to wire you money
robert bilson
2011-07-28 11:46:47 UTC
YES!

they are "scam emails" whatever you do, don't Open them or you'll cause yourself a load of problem. OH and warn others too!!!!!!!!!!


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