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Facebook Warning About Hacker is FAKE
July 10th 2017 by Dee Loflin
Please stop sending in private messages and sharing on Facebook - THIS IS FAKE NEWS!
"Please tell all the contacts in your messenger list not to accept Jayden K. Smith friendship request. He is a hacker and has the system connected to your Facebook account. If one of your contacts accepts it, you will also be hacked, so make sure that all your friends know it. Thanks. Forwarded as received."
Many local residents in our area received this message from concerned Facebook members over the weekend. The message is not the first of its kind.
Just a side note the names in the post may be switched, or longer versions of the hoax may include multiple names.
These types of warnings have been around long before Facebook, affecting users of now defunct services such as MSN Messenger, where users would pass on warnings of phantom Messenger hackers trying to add themselves into your contact list.
Please investigate before you share FAKE News, etc.
Last Updated on July 10th 2017 by Dee Loflin
https://showmetimes.com/Blogpost/v7rd/Facebook-Warning-About-Hacker-is-FAKE
