Beware of FaceBook Phishing!

Phishing is a cyber crime. How is it done? Hackers trick user victims to give their username and password to websites that looks like legitimate. If you give your username and password, the hacker could hi-jack your account and use it for his purpose. The latest biggest scam on Facebook was the ponbon.im, check121. im or the check151.im. If you receive such emails, delete it without clicking the link.

Protect Yourself from Facebook Phishing

• Always be aware of the URL of the website you visit. The correct URL of Facebook is http://facebook.com/

• Learn on how subdomains are named. A subdomain is a small domain inside a bigger website. The standard name of subdomains is written before the domain name. Example http://subdomainname.domainname.com. So if you see http://facebook.phishing.com then it is not FaceBook

• Do not give your account info. I've read another FaceBook scam that is about quiz. It sends you a free quiz but at the end it will request for your phone number. If you give your phone number then you will be charge big bucks. Always look on the right URL and don't rely on the appearance of the web because anyone could replicate its design but not the URL.

• Learn from previous scams. There are previous articles on FaceBook scams. Learn from them.