according to jeff

Today I received the following email, a thinly-veiled and thoroughly unconvincing attempt to have me do something that would result in bad consequences.

Dear Facebook user,

Due to Facebook policy changes, all Facebook users must submit a new, updated account agreement, regardless of their original account start date.
Accounts that do not submit the updated account agreement by the deadline will have restricted.

Please unzip the attached file and run “agreement.exe” by double-clicking it.

Thanks,
The Facebook Team

How many “red flags” to you see? Here are some.

1. I do have a Facebook account, but not with the email account that received this message.
2. Every zip file received via email is suspicious.
3. Every exe file received via email is even more suspicious.
4. Since Facebook requires a login, any changes can be handled online when I login.
5. Legitimate emails from real companies rarely contain such obvious grammar errors.
6. The header indicates that the email isn’t from facebook.com at all, but from exploitativehf79@[somewhere].com.

Since you’re already a regular reader of my blog, I know that you’re smart enough not to fall for something as lame as this. But perhaps you can find even more reasons to be suspicious of this email. If so, leave a comment and share your insights.

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