Saturday, 22 April 2017

Facebook Scams and Bams

I was unwell for a few days last week and stayed off the computer. When I came back online this morning, I noticed that I had - as usual - some friend requests. I quite often get two of these a day. Usually from middle-aged men who have apparently been in the services in the USA. I suspect the word single in my profile is attracting these weirdos (or algorithms or whatever they are) and I must take steps to change that.

Because I'd been offline, there were 5 requests, so I did what I usually do and started rejecting them, except when I got number 5 I got distracted by something else on my newsfeed and accidentally clicked on 'accept.' Within a minute, 'Frank' had sent me a greeting on my message board. I ignored it. Then came another 2 in as many minutes. I went onto 'Frank's' message and wrote that I had made a mistake and that I only ever accepted people as friends if they had friends I knew - and he didn't.

Besides that, when I checked his FB profile, he claimed he lived in Liverpool, although his first profile had said he lived in Damascus! Then came what sounded like a phone message, which I ignored. And then two further messages, the last of which asked: Are you angry with me? I blocked him.

I suspect my 'mis-click' may have allowed some b@st@ard somewhere access to my friends list. If that means you get unwanted messages, I apologise. And if you get a request to 'friend' me, ignore it.

But if you stumble on a Nigerian prince who really has got $15million looking for a home in a bank account, don't forget I'm your friend!


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