Caution… a wise practice with Social Media
Last week there was yet another attempt to hack into facebook accounts (You can read about it on Mashable or Facebook)
Today, I had a new client ask me if all the emails she was getting about her password from facebook were part of the setup I was doing for her fanpage. NO! She had 27 of them in her inbox, and when she forwarded me one – boy did it look good. Very official.
If you know what to look for you can see the links – and though they have the word facebook in the website link – it was not a Facebook link at all. There were many other periods breaking up the address. (It looked something like this http://www.facebookmail.com.xxx.xx/etc etc etc ) The .com makes it look like it’s real but watch for where the actual domain extension is – it’s tricky.
So, how do you make sure you do not get tricked into anything? Simple, remember that Facebook, Twitter, Linked in and many other social networks and websites will not go and change your password. That is not how they work at all.
You control your password. And you also control who has access to the password. Keeping this as a guiding principle will help you learn to see the real emails from the fake. Don’t get tricked into giving up your passwords. They are secret for a reason. Always use caution when you see an email like or message of any kind.
I highly recommend subscribing to Mashable’s RSS feed (a way to receive email updates of new posts), if you don’t already. It’s one of the most up to date sites out there and can help you stay on top of many newsworthy items about social media.
