This is a latest attempt of the attack on Facebook user; this time is not spam, but the notorious Nigerian 419 scammer on Facebook.

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, a Facebook user, also worked at Google Australia Karina Wells has received a Facebook message from her friend Adrian that seeking help from Lagos, Nigeria. She has been told by the message that Adrian now is being stranded there in Nigeria and looking for a help and needed her to lend him $500 for a ticket home. However, Karina Wells is a smart lady, spotted that the message from the other party, was a scammer while chatting by using the word such as “cell phone” instead of “mobile phone.” Mind you, all the people from the Commonwealth countries speak and favor the British English as opposed to American English. She then gathered all the details of where the scammer was and forwarded them to both Facebook and the relevant authorities.

Now let’s go ahead and ask ourselves: How many “friends” do you have on Facebook? Enough is enough. And do you know where are they actually right now?

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