{"id":854,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=854"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Advance-Fee-Scammers-Using-Cloned-Facebook-Accounts-To-Gain-Victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=854","title":{"rendered":"Advance Fee Scammers Using Cloned Facebook Accounts To Gain Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>This story was first published on July 2nd, 2013<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Advance fee scammers are using cloned Facebook profiles to trick people into believing that they have won a Facebook lottery.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook profile <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/what-is-facebook-cloning-and-how-can-i-protect-myself-from-it\/\">cloning describes a tactic<\/a> in which scammers create fake Facebook profiles using images, friend lists, and other information stolen from a targeted user. Once fraudsters have cloned a user&#8217;s profile, they can then send out friend requests to friends of the cloning victim. Some friends of the cloning victim may mistakenly believe that these second friend requests are legitimate and accept them.<\/p>\n<p>By this point, the scammers will have built a fake profile that closely mirrors their victim&#8217;s genuine Facebook profile and will have also acquired at least a few of the victim&#8217;s friends via bogus friend requests.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> Thus prepared, the scammers can launch spam and scam campaigns in their victim&#8217;s name. One way they might do this is to try to draw the victim&#8217;s friends into an advance fee scam.<\/p>\n<p>The following dialogue, which was submitted by a Hoax-Slayer reader, illustrates how such scam attempts work. For clarity, we&#8217;ll call the cloning victim &#8220;Rick&#8221; and his targeted friend &#8220;Jason&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p><em><strong>Scammer posing as Rick<\/strong><\/em>:<br \/>\n<em>how are you doing am sorry for me resending you a friend request it is just that i got a trojan virus on my old profile so this is my new account now<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason<\/strong><br \/>\nI am doing good and no problem with the friend request.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Scammer posing as Rick<\/strong><\/em>:<br \/>\nOkay and Did you heard about the good news on facebook about the Ceo of facebook founder Mark zuckerberg ??<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason<\/strong><br \/>\nno I didn&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Scammer posing as Rick:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThe promotion was made to some facebook user in other to benefit from them its a randomly picked of profile on facebook and get $50,000.00 did you get yours from them ???<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason<\/strong><br \/>\nnope<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Scammer posing as Rick:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nUPS delivered the money to my door step. I saw your name on the list with the shipping company agent , so I thought I would see if you have gotten it yet ? i mean facebook is giving out the money for some randomly selected users for compensating all users. I think you should contact the agent in charge is online here add him on FB via this link for better chat (link removed) can message him and tell him that a friend told you about these and you are here to claim your money<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason:<\/strong><br \/>\nok tks<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Scammer posing as Rick:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nI&#8217;m very Happy cause when i receive the money from him i payed off my old bills and save the rest into my bank account and i want you to do the same likewise i did, cause i think is part of life time. opportunity don&#8217;t miss use it. Get in the touch with the agent as quick as you can<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason:<\/strong><br \/>\nok will do tks again<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>So what is the scammer up to here? What is his motivation? Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening:<\/p>\n<p>The scammer, posing as the recipient&#8217;s friend Rick, first explains why he had to send a second friend request. (Supposedly, the original Facebook Profile was so inflicted with the dreaded &#8220;trojan virus&#8221; that a new profile had to be created).<\/p>\n<p>The scammer then claims that he has just been awarded $50,000 in a promotion organized by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg. And, explains the scammer, Jason can also get this $50,000 award by contacting the agent in charge of the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the promotion exists only in the mind of the scammer. \u00a0 Neither Rick nor Jason has been awarded so much as a cent from Facebook. This is a<a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/advance-fee-lottery-scams-international-lottery-scam-information\/\"> typical advance fee scam<\/a> albeit delivered in a somewhat different way. If Jason had fallen for the ruse and friended the &#8220;agent&#8221; as instructed, he would have soon been asked to pay a series of up-front fees, ostensibly to allow transfer of the $50,000 award. Requests for further fees would have continued until Jason realized what was happening or ran out of available funds to send. The supposed &#8220;agent&#8221; would either be the scammer himself or another person working with the scammer.<\/p>\n<p>Because the scammer&#8217;s messages appear to come from a person recipients know and trust, they may be more likely to fall for such tricks.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> Be wary of any second friend requests that you receive from your Facebook friends. \u00a0 Always check that the request really did come from your friend before accepting. And, in general, be very cautious of <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/facebook-lottery-scams-still-claiming-victims\/\">any claims that you have won a large sum of money<\/a> in a lottery or promotion that you have never even entered.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid becoming a victim of Facebook profile cloning, remain vigilant and always make sure that you use privacy settings that guard as much of your information as possible from strangers. \u00a0If you discover or suspect that your profile has been cloned, be sure to warn your friends not to accept any second friend requests from you.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/advance-fee-scammers-using-cloned-fb-accounts-gain-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/advance-fee-scammers-using-cloned-fb-accounts-gain-victims\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story was first published on July 2nd, 2013 Advance fee scammers are using cloned Facebook profiles to trick people into believing that they have won a Facebook lottery. Facebook profile cloning describes a tactic in which scammers create fake Facebook profiles using images, friend lists, and other information stolen from a targeted user. 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