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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Is this Facebook threat for real?
« Last post by Jan Hurst-Nicholson on March 24, 2025, 05:29:49 PM »
Thanks everyone.  :tup3b 

It's always good to know I can rely on members on WS for advice.  :)
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Silly Spammers
« Last post by Post-Crisis D on March 24, 2025, 03:45:38 PM »
Quote from: LilyBLily on March 24, 2025, 12:29:31 PM
You do realize that no one wants pianos these days and mostly one has to pay to have them hauled away to the dump?

I was prepared to say that people not wanting a piano was another sign of the decline of Western civilization, but then I realized, if that were true, this scam probably would have ended by now.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Is this Facebook threat for real?
« Last post by TimothyEllis on March 24, 2025, 12:47:59 PM »
It's not from Facebook at all.

It's just another phish scheme.

Delete and ignore.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Silly Spammers
« Last post by LilyBLily on March 24, 2025, 12:29:31 PM »
You do realize that no one wants pianos these days and mostly one has to pay to have them hauled away to the dump? The innards of a piano that is old have to be completely replaced, so the value of an antique piano is usually in its case only. Nice wood, special wood, interesting design, etc. We have one in the family: a grand piano, although thank god not a concert grand, which runs even larger nearly 100 years old. It takes up a lot of space in a modest living room in the kind of modest house that doesn't have a "great room" or a "family room." The problem is, the person it was willed to has such serious tinnitus that it is never played anymore. So it is rotting from the inside, and meanwhile there's too much sentimental value attached to it to let it go. We know someone who ended up chopping up a piano to get rid of it economically. It may come to that.

So, no, you do not want a piano. It is the modern equivalent of a white elephant--the original white elephant, that is.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Is this Facebook threat for real?
« Last post by LilyBLily on March 24, 2025, 12:20:38 PM »
I received several--all supposedly from people with Polish names--with the same threats soon after I paid for a Facebook ad. I assume it's a bot scraping Facebook ads. It's completely phony and nothing to worry about. Just report it, delete it, etc.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Is this Facebook threat for real?
« Last post by R. C. on March 24, 2025, 08:03:30 AM »
I've received it, and sent them along to 'phish@fb.com'

It's phishing and it has been around awhile: TrendMicro

R.C.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Is this Facebook threat for real?
« Last post by Post-Crisis D on March 24, 2025, 06:44:43 AM »
Quote from: Hopscotch on March 24, 2025, 06:36:06 AM
Isn't ".is" the URL country code for Iceland?  Facebook's HQ is in California, isn't it?

Yes, but that doesn't matter.  URL shorteners often use country codes to help keep them short.  Bit.ly used to be a popular one and they used Libya's country code.  So, that in and of itself isn't necessarily a warning sign.

But, Facebook uses fb.me as their URL shortener so the fact it's not an fb.me URL is a red flag.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Is this Facebook threat for real?
« Last post by Hopscotch on March 24, 2025, 06:36:06 AM »
Isn't ".is" the URL country code for Iceland?  Facebook's HQ is in California, isn't it?
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Is this Facebook threat for real?
« Last post by Jan Hurst-Nicholson on March 24, 2025, 06:28:26 AM »
Quote from: Post-Crisis D on March 24, 2025, 06:24:13 AM
I don't know, but it sounds phishy to me.

Quote from: Jan Hurst-Nicholson on March 24, 2025, 06:07:59 AM
If you believe this is a misunderstanding, we kindly ask you to submit a complaint so we can review it before removing the page from Facebook.

That wording seems suspect.  You have to submit a "complaint"?  That seems odd.  Seems like they would give you an appeal option or something along those lines.  But asking you to file a "complaint" strikes me as odd.

Quote from: Jan Hurst-Nicholson on March 24, 2025, 06:07:59 AM
Request of Review : https://shorten.is/@newsupportpageunlockreview126869

That would be a red flag for me since it is not immediately recognizable as a Facebook URL.

If you're concerned, I would find a way to contact Facebook without using that link to see if there is a problem.

Thanks.
A friend sent me a link to a post on Facebook, so I replied with the copied text to warn him that I might not be on Facebook much longer. It came up with some sort of ad for URL shorteners. So I think it must be some sort of scam.  :evil2:
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Is this Facebook threat for real?
« Last post by Post-Crisis D on March 24, 2025, 06:24:13 AM »
I don't know, but it sounds phishy to me.

Quote from: Jan Hurst-Nicholson on March 24, 2025, 06:07:59 AM
If you believe this is a misunderstanding, we kindly ask you to submit a complaint so we can review it before removing the page from Facebook.

That wording seems suspect.  You have to submit a "complaint"?  That seems odd.  Seems like they would give you an appeal option or something along those lines.  But asking you to file a "complaint" strikes me as odd.

Quote from: Jan Hurst-Nicholson on March 24, 2025, 06:07:59 AM
Request of Review : https://shorten.is/@newsupportpageunlockreview126869

That would be a red flag for me since it is not immediately recognizable as a Facebook URL.

If you're concerned, I would find a way to contact Facebook without using that link to see if there is a problem.
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