…but then that page refreshed and I saw this.

Why would Facebook be asking me to reenter my password?

I glanced the URL bar and this is what I saw:

it wasn’t Facebook.com. It was FaceuBook.com!

It turns out this was a phishing site. It fools users into re-entering their Facebook username and password. It then sends messages to everyone in your Friends list asking them to check out a particular blog.

When they do, the process repeats itself.

In addition to causing a lot of embarrassment and hassle to your friends, the jerk behind this scam also gets access to all your personal info.

I hope Facebook.com takes some action against FaceUBook.com, shuts down this domain and figures out how to keep these scams from affecting innocent users.

In the meantime, when entering passwords on sites like Facebook, PayPal etc, don’t forget to check your address bar to make sure you’re on the legit site.

…but then that page refreshed and I saw this.

Why would Facebook be asking me to reenter my password?

I glanced the URL bar and this is what I saw:

it wasn’t Facebook.com. It was FaceuBook.com!

It turns out this was a phishing site. It fools users into re-entering their Facebook username and password. It then sends messages to everyone in your Friends list asking them to check out a particular blog.

When they do, the process repeats itself.

In addition to causing a lot of embarrassment and hassle to your friends, the jerk behind this scam also gets access to all your personal info.

I hope Facebook.com takes some action against FaceUBook.com, shuts down this domain and figures out how to keep these scams from affecting innocent users.

In the meantime, when entering passwords on sites like Facebook, PayPal etc, don’t forget to check your address bar to make sure you’re on the legit site.