Facebook social media users have been receiving anonymous messages on their profiles in recent days.
Some of them have addressed those messages to the hibrid.info staff, to verify them.
In these Albanian-language messages, which are not known to be from anyone, a link is presented that invites people to click on it with the claim that their business account will not work due to incorrect security information.
After research and verification, hibrid.info has been able to confirm that these types of messages are fraudulent. Recipients who click on such a link and enter their login credentials or other sensitive information, fall prey to fraud as the data can be misused.
Screenshot of messages sent by followers of the hibrid.info platform
After researching through online search engines, hibrid.info has managed to find articles that explain that these types of messages are also widespread in other languages.
The website "udo.net.au" explains in a published article that online scams have become increasingly sophisticated and widespread in today's digital age.
Such a scam targets platform users and claims that the link is fake and leads to a website Phishing that is designed to steal a user's Facebook login credentials, credit card information, or other sensitive data. (see here)
"To avoid falling victim to this or similar scams, it's important to be cautious when receiving unsolicited emails, especially if they ask you to click on a link or provide sensitive information. Always double-check the sender's email address to make sure they lead to legitimate websites before clicking on them. It's also a good idea to enable two-factor authentication and use strong, unique passwords for all of your online accounts," writes udo.net.au.
Analyze:
Anonymous fraudulent messages in Albanian have been sent to several Facebook social media users, containing a fake link with the intention of being clicked.
The message claimed that this link supposedly contained the opportunity to upgrade the user's business account.
After research, it has been proven that such links serve to obtain sensitive information, which fraudsters can then use for fraudulent purposes.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses these messages as "Scam".