10 common scams on Facebook

Currently, on social networks Facebook is appearing many types of frauds of bad objects for different purposes. Today, we will synthesize the most common types of scams so that you can "defend" yourself against many pitfalls that are spread out.

1. You can know who viewed your personal page:

No, no one can know who has ever visited his profile page. There are no tips or tricks that allow you to do that. Therefore, the app or the instructions say that it can tell you who has entered your personal page is all fake.

To reinforce the information for you, right on your official support page, Facebook said: "No, Facebook does not let anyone follow if anyone has viewed their profile. Third-party application. also cannot provide this function ". Similarly, Facebook does not allow you to know who viewed your photos or posts.

2. Messages sent from friends will be absolutely safe:

That's what happened before, but in recent years it hasn't. The status of Facebook nick is hacked or used to make bad things more and more. And a lot of times, you will get a message from a friend, even your loved one telling you to click on a link. Remember, never click. If you click on it, you may be infected with malicious code, stolen account information ( through asking to log in to the phishing website ) and again spreading it to others.

If your friends send links using Messenger, to be sure they should ask them what the link is, whether they sent it themselves or not, and see if the domain name is okay, is it reliable. If it's a link in a public post, try looking through the comment section to see if people have a complaint or a phishing warning.

3. Facebook will switch to charging:

Every few months, we see someone sharing a Facebook post about how Facebook is preparing to switch from a free model to a fee. It is possible that the amount is $ 1 / year, I once saw a record of VND 10,000 for a user and you have to pay the amount so that you can continue using this social network or continue sharing the post. It's free to use.

Of course, this is just a scam, Facebook will never make you pay. Facebook itself joked in a post warning users: " Maybe Mars has water, but don't believe in anything you read on the Internet today. Facebook is free and will always be free. "

There is one more simple reason: Facebook, when it collects money, many people will quit playing Facebook, then the number of users decreases, the number of views decreases, and the revenue from advertising will surely decrease. And sure enough, Facebook will never let that happen.

4. Facebook will sell your photos for money:

There are also rumors recently that Facebook will sell your images to advertising companies. If you believe, congratulations, you've been cheated. Facebook has affirmed the following: " Facebook does not share information with advertising partners or advertisers about things that can indicate your personal identity unless you allow us to do so. Personal information may indicate personal identities including things like names, email addresses . generally things that can be used to contact you or determine who you are . "

But it should be added that, Facebook has written in its terms of use that you still own the copyright to the images and the things you post, but Facebook has the right to use those images and posts for free. their own advertising. Therefore, if you accidentally meet your face to show up in a certain Facebook ad, don't be too surprised.

5. Share something that sounds like a law statement:

There must have been times when you met someone who posted content like: " On the day of the xx month, I announced that I did not give Facebook and any Facebook related parties the right to use images, information, articles. my, both in the past and in the future, by this statement, I affirm that Facebook is not allowed to copy, distribute or disclose my data . "

If you copy or share it, you can't show anything related to the law. You just make your friends on Facebook feel uncomfortable! When you sign up to use Facebook, there are terms and conditions that you need to agree with and when you post something on your timeline it won't change it. Lawyers have also confirmed this detail over the years.

6. You will easily delete your account:

Not necessarily. If you want to delete your account, you will have to send a request to Facebook via a button in the account settings section. Facebook will give you 14 days to "think", if you still want to delete it, just leave it there, suddenly change your mind, log in again and click cancel delete. Time to completely delete everything you've ever posted, such as photos, status or other data, will take up to 90 days because Facebook needs to delete them not only in the main database but also in the Its backup facility. And while Facebook deletes, no one will be allowed to access them.

Note, there are some data and activities that you do on Facebook that are not saved to your account. For example, " a friend might still see your message even if you deleted the account ." You also need to disconnect any application that you have connected to Facebook, remove the app on your phone and computer, and delete your browser history .

7. Facebook won't know anything about you if you don't use it:

Not sure yet. Facebook is a social network and there are a lot of users on it, so it is possible for your information to accidentally enter somewhere on Facebook. This type is called a " ghost profile ". When your friends allow Facebook to access your contacts, your information may be stored by this social network. Many people like that, your data can be marked as matching and Facebook can create a profile for you even though you don't have an account. This is just a simple example of data matching algorithms and of course things like this are not missing Facebook.

8. Facebook will have a dislike button:

For a long time, people still hope Facebook will put the Dislike button into their social network. This thought is perfectly reasonable, since there are already like buttons, there must be dislikes. However, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, this will never happen. Instead, Facebook offers a variety of emoticons so you can express more emotional nuances with a post, with no dislike buttons at all.

Try to think this simple: if you are hated, when you post anything on Facebook, you will receive a dislike pile. Lightly, you feel frustrated, a little heavier then you quit playing Facebook, more seriously, it can lead to nervous depression or even suicide. Facebook certainly does not want its users to feel that bad feeling, so the Dislike button will never appear.

If you accidentally see a certain app on Facebook or a browser plugin that says about adding a dislike button, don't believe it. Facebook does not have a mechanism to save your "dislike" clicks, most likely you have been caught by a trick or malware.

9. Too many people use Facebook, so they have to delete less used accounts:

Again a lie but suffering is so many people believe. There are messages like " you need to copy and paste this text to prove to Facebook that you are using your account to prevent it from being deleted ", often said by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. But that's not it, Facebook will never delete your account just because this social network becomes so crowded. Even if you have deactivate your account, that's the same.

In fact, Facebook is poised to embrace "the next billion users" according to Zuckerberg. In other words, the company is looking to expand its operations and they will be well prepared in terms of infrastructure and technology to meet that.

In the end, if anyone says you copy something or share something on Facebook, don't follow it.

10. Facebook requires ID card:

Facebook emphasized that they want to build a community of real users and do not use fake names. So the phishers have taken advantage of this to pretend to be Facebook employees and steal the personal information of the user through the request for identity card or driver's license. New users who are playing Facebook are at greater risk of sticking. The message or message usually says the following: " Facebook asks you to scan your identity card to prove your identity. If you don't, your account will be deleted ." Trick it, just ignore it and report fake for Facebook to handle.

In fact, Facebook also requires you to provide identification in the following 2 cases:

1. Then someone reports that your Facebook account is fake: Facebook will now suspend your account and request an identity card.Now you can't even access Facebook, you can only talk to a Facebook representative by email.
2. When you are very famous and want to verify your account is genuine, then Facebook will ask you to provide your identity card to grant a green tick to your account.
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