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Friendship Inquiries Hacker Alert Hoax – Hoax-Slayer

This story was first published on 9th November 2010

Outline:
Alert posted on Facebook and other networks warns users not to accept friendship inquiries from Roland Dreyer, Matthias Damberger, Mario Sommer, Fabian Berneder or Frank Becker because they are hackers intent on destroying your hard disk.





Brief Analysis:
The claims in the warning are false.  You cannot allow hackers access to your computer just by accepting a social network friend request. This “alert” is just one more in a long line of absurd “hacker warning” hoaxes that use different names for the supposed hackers. These warnings are pointless and reposting them will help no one.

Example:
REPOST

– ALERT!!! DO NOT ACCEPT ANY FRIENDSHIP INQUIRIES FROM: ROLAND DREYER, MATTHIAS DAMBERGER, MARIO SOMMER, FABIAN BERNEDER OR FRANK BECKER !!!!! THESE ARE HACKERS!!!!! THEY CAN DESTROY THE HARD DISK!!!!!!… PLEASE, COPY TEXT ON YOUR BULLETIN BOARD!!! SO THAT YOUR FRIENDS ARE PROTECTED



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