ONE of the internet's most popular social networking websites, Facebook, has been hit by scammers who are trying to lure users to a number of fake websites, which ask for their password and log-in details.
Once those details have been obtained, the fraudsters can access people's personal Facebook profiles - which give them access to family, friends and business associates and offers them the chance to spread the scam even further.
Last week, users started receiving personal messages titled "Hello", originating from their friends and family.
The messages encouraged users to visit websites set up to resemble a Facebook log-in page asking for their log-in details, including passwords.
Some people may be at risk of having their e-mail accounts or even online banking accounts hacked, as they use the same password for all online resources.
According to the website checkfacebook.com, which keeps a comprehensive record of how many people worldwide are using the social networking site, South Africans account for 1.4 million of Facebook's nearly 200 million users worldwide.
The technology website Techtree.com reported on Friday that the scam did not appear to be installing malware - malicious software which is downloaded onto users' computers without their knowledge or permission - and was presumed to be "in the stage of collecting user credentials".
This fraudulent collection of people's personal log-in passwords and details is referred to as phishing.
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