Fake Facebook “Account Cancelation Requests” Lead to Malware

Stu Sjouwerman | May 22, 2012
Softpedia reported: "A shady-looking email, apparently originating from Facebook, has been seen in inboxes, informing users that the social media network has received an account cancelation request. A variant of the fake notification, provided by Sophos, looks something like this:

"We are sending you this email to inform you that we have received an account cancellation request from you. Please follow the link below to confirm or cancel this request. Thanks, The Facebook Team"

Obviously the next social engineering attempt, but a good one, as people do not want to lose their Facebook account.

Full Article at Softpedia:

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