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Beware of “Your Unread Messages Will Be Deleted” Facebook Scam!

October 9, 2014 Email, Facebook, Online Hoaxes, Tips Rajiv Singha
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This is a precautionary blog post for our readers, especially those who use the social networking site Facebook.

An old online scam seems to have started doing fresh rounds on the Internet. Online scammers are sending emails to users claiming that their unread messages will be deleted from their Facebook account and urge them to view their notifications.

Unread messages will be deleted soon
 

These emails appear to have been sent by Facebook Administration, and notify users of their inactivity in their account.

Here’s what may happen if you click any button or link in such emails:

– Redirection to websites that may try to sell you products via credit/debit card transaction.

– Redirection to websites that may steal your personal or financial information.

– Redirection to compromised websites that might automatically drop a malware on your system.

Advice for our Readers

– Do not trust any unwanted or unexpected emails

– Avoid clicking links or downloading attachments embedded in such emails

– If you have any concerns about your Facebook account, log into the site by typing the URL in the address bar

– Always verify such information from multiple sources before acting on it

– Spread the information among your family and friends who use Facebook

Stay safe!

Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.

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  1. krishnendu • October 9, 2014 at 8:41 PM

    thank u so much,..

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  2. Mahesh Phadke • October 9, 2014 at 9:40 PM

    Thanks

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  3. chetan • October 9, 2014 at 9:58 PM

    thank you very much for helping us. i will send to as many as possible

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  4. aravindan.a • October 9, 2014 at 10:34 PM

    thank u somuch every time

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  5. RK yadav • October 9, 2014 at 11:01 PM

    Really useful updates will take care an alert others

    Reply
  6. sayan chatterjee • October 9, 2014 at 11:15 PM

    is quick heal total security is abel to kill malware

    Reply
    • Rajiv Singha Rajib Singha • October 10, 2014 at 10:48 AM

      Hi Sayan,

      Yes, Quick Heal Total Security defends your PC against known and even new and unknown malware threats.

      Regards,

      Reply
      • Vijay • October 10, 2014 at 11:50 AM

        Thank you Rajib ! 🙂

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      • Darshan Raithatha • October 16, 2014 at 1:25 AM

        But sir with the help of phishing page nd keylogger it is bypassing the QH security after.
        By typing fb.com I m going to his clone page (EX http://www.facebook.com )becaue it can chng settings I know so can I able to know nw it is real or clone ?

        Reply
        • Rajiv Singha Rajib Singha • October 18, 2014 at 6:37 PM

          Hi Darshan,

          First of all, it is always safe to stay out of trouble. So, we would recommend you not to try accessing strange or unofficial URLs of any site.

          Secondly, even if typing a fake URL takes you to a phishing site, Quick Heal will restrict your access and block the site.

          Regards,

          Reply
  7. rucikaa • October 9, 2014 at 11:33 PM

    thanks a lot…

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  8. Gautam • October 10, 2014 at 2:35 AM

    Most Valuable Information…..

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  9. Krishnamurthy • October 10, 2014 at 9:57 AM

    Really I appreciate the concern regarding fradulent mails and awareness from Quickheal. Thanks a lot.

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  10. Rampi • October 10, 2014 at 12:02 PM

    Thank you so much .. !!

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  11. Biswaroop Chatterjee • October 10, 2014 at 12:09 PM

    Thanks so much!

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  12. ADITYA PATIL • October 10, 2014 at 1:06 PM

    Dear

    good and powerful quick heal total security

    thank you

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  13. Pankaj Hazarika • October 10, 2014 at 1:14 PM

    very pleased to learn from you regarding email threats. thaks

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  14. Sanjeev • October 10, 2014 at 1:40 PM

    Thanxs for sharing and updating……appreciate !!

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  15. diganta lahkar • October 10, 2014 at 1:50 PM

    Really I appreciate the concern regarding fradulent mails and awareness from Quickheal. Thanks a lot.

    Reply
  16. Skc • October 10, 2014 at 2:03 PM

    i did not understand it well!!!!

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    • Rajiv Singha Rajib Singha • October 10, 2014 at 5:25 PM

      Hi Sailesh,

      In this blog post, we are warning users of fake emails that might ask to view your Facebook notification or otherwise your unread messages will be deleted. Any link or buttons in these emails should not be clicked, because doing so might infect your computer with a malware or take you to a fake website.

      Regards,

      Reply
  17. Raj • October 10, 2014 at 2:34 PM

    yes all social web sites should be opened by logging in their respective URLs. So many software downloads and updates are also fake and they steal ur information. Please while accepting the download agreement, please be very careful in acceptin Thanks

    Reply
  18. Pradeep • October 10, 2014 at 2:49 PM

    If already had viewed that notification then any option

    Reply
  19. Raaj nadar • October 10, 2014 at 5:35 PM

    Will the quick heal AV detect the malware before entering my system.
    Like if i visit any fake website will it show me a warning.?

    Reply
  20. Lalit • October 10, 2014 at 6:28 PM

    Thanx a lot…hope you are building defenses against such malwares…

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  22. Shivam • October 10, 2014 at 8:13 PM

    Amazing knowledge.. Thanks a lot…quick heal always rock..The best antivirus till now I have seen…keep going!!!!

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  23. Dr Santosh Kumar Dubey • October 10, 2014 at 8:45 PM

    Thanks Mr Rajib for this useful information .We expect that you would continue updating us on these technical issues and threats!

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    How’ll know that……

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  25. Tauquir ahmed • October 10, 2014 at 10:57 PM

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  26. Ajeet Das • October 11, 2014 at 8:37 AM

    Thanks for your advice.

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  28. Ajeet Das • October 11, 2014 at 8:38 AM

    Thanks for your advice

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  29. Rajes Donvirus • October 11, 2014 at 10:29 AM

    Thank you for the info…

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  31. Deepak • October 11, 2014 at 12:05 PM

    Thnx 4 ur info

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  32. GOPAL • October 11, 2014 at 12:37 PM

    THANK U…

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  33. Abdul Malik Ansari • October 11, 2014 at 6:26 PM

    Good Performence Of Quick Heal

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  34. Karunakar R K • October 11, 2014 at 6:49 PM

    Thanks

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  35. Bhanu • October 11, 2014 at 9:49 PM

    WHOOOH!! I was just going to be in trouble. i also use facebook and these kind of mails was in my inbox. it was exactly the same mail but i ignored and just deleted it. This was mailed to me 5-6 times

    Reply
  36. ROSHAN • October 12, 2014 at 5:54 PM

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  37. KAMAL • October 12, 2014 at 6:55 PM

    Thank you very much for the useful information.

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  38. SUKHENDU BERA • October 12, 2014 at 9:40 PM

    Thanx a lot …

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  39. SUKHENDU BERA • October 12, 2014 at 10:22 PM

    Expecting continuous support…

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  40. Jignesh • October 12, 2014 at 11:20 PM

    Thanks for sharing for such important message.

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  41. Mrutunjaya Mishra • October 13, 2014 at 7:10 AM

    I think this is a adware issue anyways thanks a lot

    Reply
  42. abdhesh kumar • October 13, 2014 at 10:32 AM

    thanks

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  43. Rajeev Asthana • October 13, 2014 at 3:07 PM

    Thanks BRO! Yet to know, if such redirection (by any sites aswell) goes to any online shopping web and thereafter purchasing occurs by netbanking or debit/credit card under 3d secure system, is there any risk??

    Reply
    • Rahul Thadani Rahul Thadani • October 15, 2014 at 9:22 AM

      Hi Rajeev,

      Yes there is risk involved here as one can never know which site one is on. Creating a 3D secure system can easily be achieved by malicious parties and creating fake pages which look real is one of the simplest things to do. So it is best to not carry out financial transactions on pages that you are redirected to from clicking on a link somewhere. Instead, visit that link on your own through official channels. It will take a few seconds more but it can potentially save one from disasters.

      Regards.

      Reply
  44. jj • October 13, 2014 at 4:40 PM

    thank you sir

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  48. rishila • October 14, 2014 at 3:01 PM

    thanks rajib

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  49. pradeep kumar • October 14, 2014 at 5:52 PM

    thankyou so much

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  50. Marim • October 14, 2014 at 6:54 PM

    One of the best and usefull app!

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  51. Utkarsh • October 14, 2014 at 8:55 PM

    TYSM! i will take care

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  52. Prakash VN • October 14, 2014 at 11:33 PM

    Thank You

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  53. ramesh nepali • October 15, 2014 at 10:28 AM

    Thanks a lot for this important info…..

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  54. NEERAJ KUMAR YADAV • October 15, 2014 at 3:40 PM

    thanks for the information

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  55. dhananjay kaushik • October 15, 2014 at 4:17 PM

    thanks for suggestion

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  56. Rajeev • October 15, 2014 at 11:18 PM

    Thanks Rajib for providing such a useful information..

    Reply
  57. M K Pradhan • October 16, 2014 at 5:55 AM

    Thanks Rajib,

    last many time in the internet browser some AD. website opened in both site of the internet browser automatically.

    Like reduce your health, or vacation package for hill station etc.

    I am using win8 license copy in the laptop, Microsoft Essential regularly updating.

    Guide me.

    Reply
    • Rahul Thadani Rahul Thadani • October 16, 2014 at 4:23 PM

      Hi M K Pradhan,

      Since it was just an ad, you need not worry about anything. Most websites on the Internet make use of visual and banner ads and this is a huge source of income for them. You can use a pop-up blocker to avoid greater threats. But seeing banner ads is not going to cause any harm on your machine.

      Regards.

      Reply
  58. sufi • October 16, 2014 at 6:03 AM

    if I store credit card on google wallet or in microsoft account, is it safe?

    Reply
    • Rahul Thadani Rahul Thadani • October 16, 2014 at 4:22 PM

      Hi,

      Yes, usually bigger corporations have plenty of safety policies in place to keep your information safe. However, bigger entities are also targeted more frequently and intensely by attackers. So the information stored there is never completely safe.

      Regards.

      Reply
  59. seenu.trichy • October 16, 2014 at 7:17 AM

    thank you very much for providing us a safety wall

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  60. HarshaL s. Gaikwad • October 16, 2014 at 9:37 AM

    Thanks u Sir.

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  61. souvik pal • October 16, 2014 at 11:11 AM

    Thanks a lot to let us concern abt the facts we r not aware.quick heal.

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  62. sanjay raj • October 16, 2014 at 1:15 PM

    this antivirus is too good

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  63. NP Singh • October 16, 2014 at 3:28 PM

    Sir, Nice to know yr warnings time-to-time. Thanks

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  64. Ekta jha • October 16, 2014 at 3:56 PM

    thanks rajib for this important information…………:-)

    Reply
  65. chander • October 16, 2014 at 9:22 PM

    Mr Rajib Singha

    1. I USE ANDROID MOBILE. AND USE MOBILE QUICK HEAL IN IT. IT KEEP GIVING PRIVACY ADVISER WHEREIN I CAME TO KNOW THAT MOST OF ANDROID APPS CAN ACCESS MOST OF THE DATA OF MOBILE HAND SET. BEFORE INSTALLING THE APP TAKE ALL THE PERMISSION AND IF DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION ,APP FAIL TO INSTALL. LIKE WHATS’UP IT TAKE EVERY SHORT OF PERMISSION.

    2. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE ,I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ,REQUEST ANSWER IF PHEASIBLE :-

    Q.1. CAN ENCRYPTION OF MOBILE DATA PREVENT THE APP FROM ACCESSING MOBILE DATA ?

    Q.2. IS THERE ANY WAY BY WHICH CERTAIN TYPE PERMISSION OF PARTICULAR APP CAN BE DENIED LIKE ACCESS TO CONTACT NO OF PHONE AS IS THERE IN BLACKBERRY ?

    Q.3. WHICH OPERATING SYSTEM IS MORE SECURE WHICH DO NOT ACCESS THE DATA OF MOBILE BY SERVER -BLACKBERRY OR WINDOW OR ANDROID OR ANY OTHER WHICH YOU KNOW ?

    PLEASE ADVISE ME SINCE THESE SECURITY ISSUES BOTHER ME.

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    • Rajiv Singha Rajib Singha • October 18, 2014 at 6:34 PM

      Hi Chander,

      – Even if an app accesses your data, if the data is encrypted, it won’t be of no use for the app.
      – As far as we know, Google apps do not have the facility to partially grant permission.
      – Latest operating systems are usually more secure than their predecessors.

      Regards,

      Reply
  66. Rahul Raj • October 17, 2014 at 10:01 AM

    Thanks for you

    Reply
  67. Asoke Kumar Bandyopadhyay • October 17, 2014 at 5:42 PM

    thanx a lot for ur valuable information

    Reply
  68. Rushang Dalal • October 17, 2014 at 7:39 PM

    Oh thnk u very much

    Reply
  69. Harshad Patel • October 17, 2014 at 8:04 PM

    Thanks for information.

    Reply
  70. hussain valli • October 20, 2014 at 3:39 PM

    it is very impressive thank you so much

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  71. khushboo • October 24, 2014 at 1:05 AM

    Thanxxxxx

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  72. waseem • November 7, 2014 at 10:29 PM

    Sir,
    i get lots of ads by info when i open any page its really irritating me to cancel again again these ads , plz give some solution ?
    thankz

    Reply
    • Rajiv Singha Rajib Singha • November 10, 2014 at 10:53 AM

      Hi Waseem,

      Check for any unknown addons installed in your Firefox, Chrome or IE browser. Remove them if there are any. Also, check for any unknown program in your control panel and uninstall them if found any.

      You can also turn on pop-up blocker in your browser, and install AdBlock Plus to block pop-up ads.

      Regards,

      Reply
  73. satyam singh • November 25, 2014 at 3:47 PM

    qiuk heal sabse kharab antivires hai

    Reply
    • Rajiv Singha Rajib Singha • November 27, 2014 at 11:06 AM

      Hi Satyam,

      We are sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience that you might have had while using our product. If you give us an opportunity, we will ensure to serve you better.

      Regards,

      Reply