Renting a Facebook account to run ads, new services contain many incalculable dangers

Facebook has banned shady marketers from advertising on the world's largest social network. But those people have found a new way to avoid bans and hide behind ad campaigns, it's 'renting' Facebook accounts.

A person can rent an account of another person and then create a new page and start an advertising campaign. When Facebook blocks ads and prohibits that account, the person switches to another account and proceeds with his behavior without worrying about the true identity.

This program is 'money laundering advertising,' said John Amirrezvani, a security researcher. These people found and paid about $ 500 a month to others to hire their Facebook accounts to overcome Facebook's restrictions.

Some even send free laptops that have pre-installed software that allows users to run ads from Facebook accounts for Facebook account holders to lease accounts.

Amirrezvani said, those who hire Facebook accounts can even use them to run ads for scam services, such as online casinos.

According to Amirrezvani estimates, thousands of people have registered for these Facebook account rental programs.

Rob Leathern, Facebook's product manager in the ad group, said they had known about the account rental program two years ago. And since then, Facebook has always acted against this program.

Facebook representative said that users' permission to access their accounts not only poses a risk to their information but also violates Facebook's terms and may lead to account suspension.

Dangerous

Some websites offering Facebook account rental services such as fbcash.net, fbdollars.com, fbrenters.com, Rentusyourfbook.com, fb2cash.com, Rentafb.com (Spanish). These sites often search for US Facebook accounts that actually exist for at least a year, before running ads on Facebook.

If a user wants to rent an account, they simply fill out the contact form. If approved, the account lender will be asked to do one of two things: grant permission for advertisers to access the remote computer to set up an ad account associated with the profile. of them or install browser plugins created by advertising staff.

Granting an unidentified party permission to remotely access your computer is a bad idea, potentially large security risks. Because this allows them to easily install a backdoor or steal their personal information, bank information, .

There is no guarantee that websites running Facebook account rental programs are not a fraud, do not violate Facebook's policies. These sites also pay a fee for users to recommend account leases. In this way, they can continue running ads with new accounts after losing an account.

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