Not 1 minute ago I just received this from the FaceBook team:
Yah that's how my day has been. But even worse for someone who might have been scammed by the SOB's who took over my account or others. Fortunately it looks like the if the thief's dastardly deeds were foiled.
Let me explain~
This morning I couldn't sleep. It was as if I intuited what was going on. So I got up early and while waiting for the my magic morning black brew I poured yesterdays remnants and "nuked" it to get a jolt before sitting down to this magic TV like box I call work.
I barely was through deleting my first email before I got a call from a local number. It was like 7:15 am. Why is a local number calling me this early? It was Ami Lynne Carroll.
We had just connected through facebook just yesterday and I had suggested that perhaps we should do a podcast to discuss her unique business. Unfortunately, that was not why she was calling.
She called me and said she is chatting on FB with a person claiming to be me, under my name, my account and he says he was mugged and that he needs money to get out of London. "Um but I am in Torrance!".
Unfortunately,I found from some Googling that this is one of the top FaceBook scams.. Long story short remember that all these applications we are asked to join may not be a good thing. Run your virus and spy checkers often.
Thanks to all those wonderful people who helped me in getting control back. You showed that there is a community. And in the Cyber community you are from the good side of town.
Especially Ami Lynne Carroll, Alex Howansky from Bird View who also called me, and
Christopher Barnes who showed me how to get back control of the system.
