There is a new Facebook hoax that is circulating on the internet, and the target is your data.
What does this new hoax look like? You receive a message from someone you are already friends with on Facebook telling you that they have received a friend request from you. Then you are told to check your account and forward the message to your friends.
Basically, that's how you'll think you were the victim of an attack and your Facebook account was cloned. Cloning an account means copying a Facebook user's images and information to create a duplicate account, and then the account sends friend requests to the victim's friends. This duplicate account may send messages to the victim's friends to try to find out personal information about the victim, but also to send spam.
It is not recommended to forward the message to your friends because it may cause them more problems. It is best to ignore the messages and delete them, especially if the message sounds the same as above.
The English message reads: "Hi… .I actually got another friend request from you yesterday… which I ignored so you may want to check your account. Hold your finger on the message until the forward button appears… then hit forward and all the people you want to forward too… .I had to do the people individually. Good Luck! ”
This spike is spreading as much as in the past, but Facebook officials said there has been no increase in the creation of cloned accounts, and this hoax has nothing to do with Facebook's security breach in September. this year.
However, if you really believe that a person has actually been the victim of a clone, then you can report that account and Facebook will check if it is real or fake.