How to protect yourself from phishing on Facebook

You can take steps to protect yourself from phishing scams on Facebook.

Find what to do if you think you’ve been phished.

About Phishing

Phishing is when someone tries to get access to your Facebook account by sending you a suspicious message or link that asks for your personal information. If they get into your account, they may use your account to send spam.

Example of Phishing

Sayam gets an email that says he needs to log in to his Facebook account to read an important message about his account. The email links to a website that isn’t a Facebook website. Then he’s asked to enter his username and password.

Check out our post on: Strong Passwords

How to identify suspicious emails or messages

If you can recognise suspicious messages or emails, then you may be able to avoid phishing scams

Don’t trust messages that:

• Demand money
• Offer gifts
• Threaten to delete or ban your Facebook account

Emails about your account always come from:

• fb.com
• facebook.com
• facebookmail.com

You can always visit www.facebook.com or open your Facebook app to check for important messages from us.

Don’t click suspicious links

If you get a suspicious email or message claiming to be from Facebook, don’t click any links or attachments.

Don’t respond to these emails

Don’t answer messages that ask for your:

• Password
• Social security number
• Credit card information

Get alerts

Get alerts about unrecognised logins and turn on two-factor authentication to increase your account security.