This is not at all substantiated yet but I just got 2 facebook messages
from "friends" who posted a link on my wall at nearly the same time.
Both saying that they can't believe who looked up their profile (a
normal facebook ad, but I've never seen it on my wall) so it could be
someone hacked facebook. Don't click on the link on your wall. Seriously.

On 5/4/2011 9:18 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> This is not at all substantiated yet but I just got 2 facebook messages
> from "friends" who posted a link on my wall at nearly the same time.
> Both saying that they can't believe who looked up their profile (a
> normal facebook ad, but I've never seen it on my wall) so it could be
> someone hacked facebook. Don't click on the link on your wall. Seriously.

BTW, I put friends in quotes not because they aren't friended, but
because I doubt at this point they really did post them. I'm still
trying to find out.

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
...
> This is not at all substantiated yet but I just got 2 facebook messages
> from "friends" who posted a link on my wall at nearly the same time. Both
> saying that they can't believe who looked up their profile (a normal
> facebook ad, but I've never seen it on my wall) so it could be someone
> hacked facebook. Don't click on the link on your wall. Seriously.

Mine was hacked and several of my friends were hacked. Not recently though.

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
...
> This is not at all substantiated yet but I just got 2 facebook messages
> from "friends" who posted a link on my wall at nearly the same time. Both
> saying that they can't believe who looked up their profile (a normal
> facebook ad, but I've never seen it on my wall) so it could be someone
> hacked facebook. Don't click on the link on your wall. Seriously.
>
And the moral of the story is: "Don't bother with Facebook".

"Julie Bove" > wrote in
:

>
> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
> ...
>> This is not at all substantiated yet but I just got 2 facebook messages
>> from "friends" who posted a link on my wall at nearly the same time.
>> Both saying that they can't believe who looked up their profile (a
>> normal facebook ad, but I've never seen it on my wall) so it could be
>> someone hacked facebook. Don't click on the link on your wall.
>> Seriously.
>
> Mine was hacked and several of my friends were hacked. Not recently
> though.
>
>
>



It is an app that once you've clicked on it automatically sends that
message to everyone in your friends file, for them to click on it as well.
It (IIRC) then asks you for certain details that it really doen't need to
know.

There are a lot of apps out there that are just spam, that is one of them.
Noone has hacked anything, it's just people clicking on the link thinking
they're actually going to see who has 'viewed' their account.

Best bet is to report it to Facebook as spam, who will then kill the app
in its database. (I've done this twice now with other 'apps'... and FB
'kills' them within hours. Pretty good service, if I must say so myself
:-)




--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania

Nothing ever truely dies
the Universe wastes nothing
everything is simply... transformed

On Wed, 04 May 2011 21:18:54 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

> This is not at all substantiated yet but I just got 2 facebook messages
> from "friends" who posted a link on my wall at nearly the same time.
> Both saying that they can't believe who looked up their profile (a
> normal facebook ad, but I've never seen it on my wall) so it could be
> someone hacked facebook. Don't click on the link on your wall. Seriously.

Have you checked yet to see if your FB account begins with https? If
it's it ends with an s, it's secure.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Wed, 04 May 2011 18:55:11 -0700, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

> Let me know if you get out here while I am still here. I will be here
> til July 2nd.

I envy your lovely SB weather and your proximity to Central Coast
wines!

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Thu, 05 May 2011 04:54:10 GMT, "I'm back."
> wrote:

> Best bet is to report it to Facebook as spam, who will then kill the app
> in its database. (I've done this twice now with other 'apps'... and FB
> 'kills' them within hours. Pretty good service, if I must say so myself
> :-)

Exactly *how* does one submit such a report??? FB is notoriously hard
to contact.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Wed, 4 May 2011 22:47:02 -0600, "graham" > wrote:

>
> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
> ...
> > This is not at all substantiated yet but I just got 2 facebook messages
> > from "friends" who posted a link on my wall at nearly the same time. Both
> > saying that they can't believe who looked up their profile (a normal
> > facebook ad, but I've never seen it on my wall) so it could be someone
> > hacked facebook. Don't click on the link on your wall. Seriously.
> >
> And the moral of the story is: "Don't bother with Facebook".
>
The moral of the story with Facebook is the same as with email and
usenet: Don't be stupid.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

I've had several of these posts on my wall as well. I just delete them as they are obviously spam. Whatever you do, don't click.

On May 5, 4:31*pm, sf > wrote:
> On Thu, 05 May 2011 04:54:10 GMT, "I'm back."
>
> > wrote:
> > Best bet is to report it to Facebook as spam, who will then kill the app
> > in its database. (I've done this twice now with other 'apps'... and FB
> > 'kills' them within hours. Pretty good service, if I must say so myself
> > :-)
>
> Exactly *how* does one submit such a report??? *

Open ones eyes and look for the links that are on each and every app
that you happen to click on.


https://www.facebook.com/help/?searc...t%20spam%20app



> FB is notoriously hard
> to contact.



Bullshit.

As stated, I submitted two requests to report spam apps, and both apps
were 'killed off' within hours and completely removed from the FB
site, and database. I wasn't after a long D&M with the FB staff.