Did Any Other Facebook Users Get This E-Mail?

[MIGrandma]

I saw this e-mail this morning and I am very reluctant to do what it says.

Did anyone else get it? Is it for real, or should I just delete it? This is it:

Dear Facebook user,

Due to Facebook policy changes, all Facebook users must submit a new, updated account agreement, regardless of their original account start date.
Accounts that do not submit the updated account agreement by the deadline will have restricted.

Please unzip the attached file and run "agreement.exe" by double-clicking it.

Thanks,
The Facebook Team


Confirmation Code #: 7392721325


agreement.zip 23.4 kb

 

[Allison]

Do not open any file. A classic sign of a problem is being referred to generically such as "Dear Facebook User". If you really needed to update information, you wouldn't need to download a file to do it.

 

[Becky2005]

I would NOT do anything of the sort. That sounds very scammy/phising to me.

I'm on Facebook, DD is on Facebook (her e-mails go through me) and we did not get any sort of message.

I certainly wouldn't click on any links in the e-mail. If you want to see if it's legit, go to Facebook on your own (i.e. favorites link or typing in the URL) and then sending them a message regarding it.

 

[ChrisFL]

It's phishing! don't do anything except delete it! I heard this was going around starting last week

 

[RadioNate]

delete delete delete.

Phishing scam.

Don't download anything. There is no way this could be legit.

 

[ElizK]

My DH and I get about 10 of those a day. DELETE!!!

 

[MIGrandma]

Thanks guys. I will delete it immediately.

 

[TheGoofster]

I would NOT do anything of the sort. That sounds very scammy/phising to me.

I'm on Facebook, DD is on Facebook (her e-mails go through me) and we did not get any sort of message.

I certainly wouldn't click on any links in the e-mail. If you want to see if it's legit, go to Facebook on your own (i.e. favorites link or typing in the URL) and then sending them a message regarding it.

This is always the best policy. Whenever you get an email from any company, group, site, etc... NEVER assume that it's actually from them. Go to the actual site (not using the link in the email you get, but rather go to the site the same way you always would) and check it out there. If you can't find the information stated in the email you got, then you know it's a fake. If you still aren't sure, go ahead and ask the site about the email, most likely they will quickly confirm that it is a fake, and even ask you for a copy of that email, so they can add it to their list of fakes.
The safest thing you can do with any email you get that you aren't sure about, is to assume it is a fake (and possibly a bad virus) until you can otherwise verify it.

 

[DebbieB]

I got one a couple of weeks ago saying my password needed reset and to click an attachment. I went to facebook and signed on with no problem, so I figured it was a scam. I later saw an article saying it was a scam.

 

[englishteacha]

It's a scam. I have a certain email address for my FB account. I get these emails to my OTHER email address. Definitely a scam. Just delete them.

 

[ma2jr]

Do not open any file. A classic sign of a problem is being referred to generically such as "Dear Facebook User". If you really needed to update information, you wouldn't need to download a file to do it.

I Agree..

 

[BeachGirlFLA]

I don't click attachments unless I know the person who sent the email personally.

 

[mjkacmom]

This one actually made the news - it's a scam.

 

[wdwgirl03]

I didn't get anything like that. Sounds a little fishy.

 

[Silent1CB]

When I get suspect emails, or actually any emails like that I do 2 things.

1. I google the email & see what others have said about it. Most times, this tells me right away if its real or not....and its usually not.

2. I go to the website in question, FROM THE LINK IN MY BOOKMARKS / FAVORITES , never from the link in the email, and go to the section of the website they are talking about. If its legit, the same info will be on the website, sometimes right on the homepage or when you log-in.

I've got a great track record so far for not falling for bogus or illegal links of any kind. Never had a computer virus yet either. Knock on wood.

And no way would a website send you something to download.

 

[LilyWDW]

Also, be sure to report the email to your email company and facebook.

 

[bicker]

I've gotten about 150 of those emails over the last three weeks. Nasty people out there.

What's interesting is that this morning I got a friend request for my account -- I'm not searchable, so I don't understand how someone was able to send me a friend request.

 

[bumbershoot]

What's interesting is that this morning I got a friend request for my account -- I'm not searchable, so I don't understand how someone was able to send me a friend request.

I thought the "unsearchable" part was that you couldn't search for your page through a search engine. Not that you couldn't search on FB itself.

 

[bicker]

I cannot add friends who make themselves unsearchable. Folks cannot send me friend invitations while I'm unsearchable. It's weird actually. If you try to do a friend invitation by entering the email address of someone who is not a Facebook member, it'll let you. If you try to do a friend invitation by entering the email address of someone who is a Facebook member, who has their account locked-down so it is unsearchable, it won't let you send the invite.

 

[mickeyfan1]

If it was a real email from Facebook or your bank or one of you Credit Cards, it would not say Dear FB User, or Dear Customer, or Dear Subscriber. They know who you are and will address you by name. Sadly, for all the thousands of people who don't delete, a few people do and then there is trouble.