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Facebook Phishing Alert: 371233 cn

There has been a phishing attack currently going on in facebook where the site: http://www.facebook.com.profile.php.id.371233.cn/ has been posted on peoples wall by ones that have fallen victim.

from wikipedia [link]:

In computing, phishing is an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. eBay, PayPal and online banks are common targets. Phishing is typically carried out by email or instant messaging, and often directs users to enter details at a website.

When the user clicks on the link they are taken to a page that “looks” like a genuine Facebook login page, and when they login they are redirected to their facebook “home” page. The post looks something like:

lol i cant believe these pics got posted….its going to be BADDDD when her boyfriend sees these- http://www.facebook.com.profile.php.id.371233.cn”

If you attempt to login using the fake page, your username and password *will* be stolen

You will then be used to send messages to your friends walls asking them to follow that link, thus causing this to spread further. If they have your username and password they have access to all your information, messages, photos etc and full control of your account. So if you have used this then change your password ASAP. Also go through your account to ensure your personal settings are the same (i.e. your email address, your applications [so no rouge applications are installed]).

If you use the same password for facebook and your email account especially if it’s a public account like hotmail, gmail, yahoo. Then ensure you change that too!!

Always remember that all websites start from the Right to the left.

i.e. http://www.facebook.com.profile.php.id.371233.cn/ -> is actually going to 371233.cn
Always make sure that the last part of the domain is the one you recognise not the first part!

http://www.facebook.com.profile123.com/ = Fake
http://profile.ak.facebook.com/ = Real