Facebook WARNING: Avoid the “Facebook 7th Birthday Free Sexy T-Shirt” SCAM

Facebook WARNING: Avoid the “Facebook 7th Birthday Free Sexy T-Shirt” SCAM, similar to the wall post below:

The scam message reads as follows:

Redeem your official T-Shirt as a gift from our Team.
Facebook: 7th Birthday Celebration. get your Free T-Shirts
ordered from us. Share it with your friends! 🙂

There is also a different message but the same scam that reads as follows:

WOW, got a super free sexy T-shirt from facebook Team…Grab ur’s from here…fb team is giving FREE t-shirts on its 7th bday 😀 :- http://bit.ly/****** 😀 ? 😀

Why you should Avoid it:

If you click on the link in this fake Facebook Wall Post, you will be taken to the page below where you are forced to “Like” and “Share” the page in order to continue to your free T-shirt gift:

If you then follow where it shows to “Click Here” you will be presented with another page like the one below:

DO NOT FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE SCREENSHOT ABOVE! The Scam artist is about to steal your Secret Facebook Mobile Email Address!! Every facebook user has this secret email address but a lot of people dont even know that it exists…
It is a personalized email address acting like a backdoor key to your account and can be used to post status updates or to upload photos and videos straight to your profile by sending yourself an Email!

Removal Instructions:

If you or your friends have fallen victim to this scam, you must Refresh/Change your Secret Facebook Mobile Email Address. This is simple but a bit tricky, so follow these steps carefully:

1. Visit www.facebook.com/mobile.
2. Refresh the page and scroll down until you see an option like the screenshot below which shows your personal email address:

1. Click the option to “Find out more” which is just below your personal email address, and another window will pop-up as shown below:
   

1. You will find the option to “Refresh” your email address but please NOTE THAT YOU CAN ONLY REFRESH IT A LIMITED NUMBER OF TIMES. Facebook warns that you cannot keep refreshing this personal email address which makes me wish they could provide us with an option to disable it completely!
2. Finally, the user’s wall must be cleaned out of these spam messages by following the simple instructions in the following links:

Detailed Instructions to remove Fake Scam Links – HERE

Detailed Instructions to remove Fake Applications – HERE

 

CLICK HERE to join our Facebook Page and be informed about future scams to avoid.

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