Recently, sophisticated scams have been appearing on Facebook. Many people have lost large sums of money due to these tricks. Below are signs to look out for on Facebook scams that you should be aware of:
Sending a link to a fake website.
A common trick is to send you a link to a fake website, often a login page. Remember that Facebook will never ask you to "verify your account" before clicking on a link.
You can see that the URL on the fake page has spelling errors. The language settings are also incorrect for the user's region. The footer is also incorrect. It uses the company name Facebook Inc. But since 2022, the real website uses Meta © 2022.
Finally, scammers use screenshots of real websites instead of building fake pages. You shouldn't click on anything on a scam website. But if you long-press or right-click to examine the links, you'll often find that they are actually images. Blurry quality also gives this away.
Beware of scams on social media. (Illustrative image)
Received a deepfake scam call.
Recently, many individuals have been using deepfake calls (using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create fake videos or images, copy portraits, and create fake videos of relatives or friends) to commit fraud.
The Cybersecurity Agency has outlined five signs to identify this type of call as follows:
- Call durations are usually very short, only a few seconds.
- The caller's face lacked emotion and was quite expressionless, their posture was awkward and unnatural, and the direction of their head and body was inconsistent.
- The character's skin tone in the video is unusual, the lighting is strange, and the shadows are misplaced, making the video look very artificial and unnatural.
- The audio is inconsistent with the video; there is a lot of background noise in the clip, or the clip has no sound at all.
- The call was disconnected midway due to loss of signal or weak signal.
Congratulations, you are the winner!
This is a very common scam targeting Facebook users in Vietnam. Many users suddenly receive messages announcing they've won a lottery with a large prize, but it's usually a trap. To receive the "prize," you'll have to pay a membership fee or participation fee, or share your personal information.
Like many other phishing messages, these often contain spelling and grammatical errors. Upon closer inspection, they may also contain fake links – website URLs with the company or brand's official name, but misspelled.
Threatening users with hacker attacks.
This scam involves fraudsters claiming your account has been hacked or deleted, but that they can help you recover it… provided you provide them with your personal information.
These are signs that you are about to be scammed on Facebook. If you encounter these signs, please delete and unfriend the person making the request.
Thanh Thanh (Compiled)
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