E-victims.org: Fake "Facebook Gold Accounts"

Tony

What Consumer Founder
Apr 7, 2008
18,307
3
38
Bolton
Trend Micro alerts Facebook users that: There is no Facebook Gold Account, but internet scammers would have you believe otherwise
Facebook Page Suggestion

Gold Membership Trolling has been doing the rounds for a few years now. Bogus images were posted that supposedly only “Gold Members”  could view. This was a troll to fool people into believing that paying for an upgraded account was necessary.

Facebook pages have been set up with names like “GET YOUR UPGRADE WHILE THEIR FREE!!” which promise the unwary enhanced functionality and freedom from advertisements, among other things. Just a quick look at a couple of features of the Facebook page should set some alarm bells ringing though.
   
Bogus Facebook Gold Account page

I have been biting my tongue (or my fingers) trying not to mention the terrible spelling error in the page title, but there it is, that’s a clue. Also if you were to examine the list of “comments” on the...

Fake "Facebook Gold Accounts"