Facebook has created an email address for people to report scams.
The address is
phish(at)fb.com. Anyone - even those who aren't on Facebook - can use it
to report malicious emails that pretend to come from Facebook.
Known as phishing, such
emails attempt to get passwords and other information by pretending to
come from a legitimate business. Because many people use the same
passwords at banking and other sites, someone who gets account
information for Facebook can log on elsewhere.
Facebook Inc. says scams tend to contain information that's more vague than what's in legitimate emails from Facebook.
Facebook says it will
report scams to outside security companies and notify blacklists that
Internet companies keep to block malicious websites. It will also
prevent users from posting such links on Facebook.
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