Don’t Fall for the Facebook Messenger Scam: Here’s What Really Happens When You Click the Link

Have you ever come across a suspicious link in a Facebook Messenger conversation? You’re not alone. Many people have been receiving messages from unknown senders with mysterious URLs. But before you click on that link out of sheer curiosity, let me save you the trouble. I’ve done the research to find out what these links are really about.

These days, a phishing scam seems to be making its way around Facebook Messenger. It’s been causing quite a stir, judging by the number of messages we’ve been getting about it. In order to protect you from falling victim to this scam, I’ve decided to shed some light on the issue and explain exactly what it is.

Hey there! I wanted to tell you about a sneaky scam going around on Facebook Messenger. This scam tries to trick you into thinking there’s something wrong with your Facebook account, and it wants you to take urgent action to avoid getting locked out.

These scammers are pretty crafty with their tactics. They might use a fancy logo or a support icon to make it seem official, but don’t be fooled! These messages are totally fake. They’ll claim that your Facebook page has violated some copyright laws or Facebook’s rules, and they’ll make it sound like it’s a big emergency that needs your immediate attention.

Check out these examples:

When you don’t pay attention to these messages, the names of the people who sent them often become ‘Facebook user’ after a while. And if other users report them, those messages disappear.

Curiosity piqued, I couldn’t resist clicking on one of these mysterious messages to see what it was all about. And boy, was I in for a surprise! Here’s a peek into what one of these messages looked like:

When I come across a link, especially if it seems sketchy and doesn’t come from meta.com or facebook.com, but from a random or fake website, it sets off alarm bells in my head.

If you ever get a message like that, my advice is to steer clear of clicking any links and make sure to report them as spam.

I got a message from someone named MetaCopyright Appeal, who claimed to be from Meta. They said there was a copyright issue and told me to click a link to talk to Meta support. The message had a Meta logo and the sender’s Facebook page was pretty empty.

So, we clicked on the link and guess what happened? It took us to this sketchy page that looked just like the Meta business help center. But get this: the only thing we could do was click on the “Contact Support” button. Can you believe it?

When I clicked on it, a new window popped up with a weird link that looked like this. At this point, my only option was to reach out to the support team, so I clicked “next” and moved forward.

Now, let me walk you through the next step. You’ll need to provide some personal information to help me identify and resolve your issue. It’s important that you feel safe and confident in sharing this information with me.

Once you’ve given me all the necessary details, the next step is to enter your Facebook password.

So I typed in a password that turned out to be incorrect, and something interesting happened – the system started doing its thing and began what it called a “validating information” process.

It took a really long time for this validation to finish, and in the end, it just said “password not correct”. It seems like during this whole verification process, it was trying to log into my Facebook account or maybe even trying to recover my account using the information I gave earlier.

So, when you get messages like this in Messenger, here’s what you need to do: report them as spam and block the sender. If you click on the link and give them the information they’re asking for, it could put your Facebook account in danger of being attacked and taken over.

It’s important to stay alert and keep yourself safe!