Hoax Slayer, the site debunking such hoaxes, reports that one such hoax contains a message with a “final security warning” from Facebook demanding that users click a link to update their account information. However, this is a phishing scam that allows scammers access to your account. The letter reads as follows:
This is due to the number of Facebook users who use fake profiles, which violates the provisions of our services. If you are the original owner of this account please confirm your account to avoid blocking the account.Victims are taken to a site that looks like Facebook, but is not. If the victim gives their username and password, it will take them to another page asking them to provide their e-mail and password.
Please re-confirm your account here:
{Link Removed]
If within 24 hours you do not confirm, then your account will be deleted and the user will not be able to use it again.
Facebook Team Security 2013.
To protect yourself, do not click on any links to applications purporting to be from Facebook Security. Identity thieves and spammers collect this information for criminal purposes.
In another one, the website Inside Facebook reports that a message purporting to be from Facebook Security tells Facebook page admins that their page is in violation of Facebook’s Terms of Service and that their page is about to be deleted. Users are told that if they think that this is a mistake, they should click on a link and then confirm their account details. They are directed to a third party application. All websites which have “apps.facebook.com” on them are not from Facebook, but from third-party applications. While most Facebook applications are safe, there are many which only aim to separate you from your money.
The website Naked Security reports on chain letters supposedly allowing users to alter the Terms of Service by reposting the chain letter. However, that is not possible because Facebook is still the owner of the site.
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