# Facebook scam **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-scam/565066 "2010-12-22T12:58:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-scam/565066/1 "2010-12-22T12:58:09Z")
Just received a message > [@](#): > > Hello Congratulations once again, I represent Excel Agency in London. Our Agency is responsible for contacting prospective models for the use of their pictures known as (Image Portfolio), this simply means the renting of your image for a specified Billboard advertisement. > We have now selected your photo portfolio for promoting a new Coca cola Social Network. The billboard advertisement will be launched at Heath row Airport. > All we need is your approval, toenable us to process your payment, no overhead costs, you just get paid for your pictures right away. Email yourapproval to: ([advertisementbillboard@yahoo.com](mailto:advertisementbillboard@yahoo.com)) > > Sincerely, > Brian Nelson > EXCEL AGENCY > London. I don’t even have any good photos on facebook! Sure, let me send you my bank details right away! Anyone else had this? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-scam/565066/2 "2010-12-22T16:03:12Z")
I haven’t received that one, but I get many other spam emails about my facebook account. Funny thing is, I do not even have a facebook account. Never have. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-scam/565066/3 "2010-12-22T16:11:21Z")
“Heath row”? Perhaps they’ll expand to Lo Gan and Oh Are airports. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-scam/565066/4 "2010-12-22T16:17:31Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I haven’t received that one, but I get many other spam emails about my facebook account. Funny thing is, I do not even have a facebook account. Never have. This one was actually messaged to my facebook inbox, so no danger of anyone not on FB getting it that way. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-scam/565066/5 "2010-12-22T18:24:37Z")
I keep seeing one about a girl who killed herself after her Dad posted photos of her on Facebook. I keep seeing it on other people’s pages, but it is some kind of(I think) phishing scam. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-scam/565066/6 "2010-12-22T19:01:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “Heath row”? Perhaps they’ll expand to Lo Gan and Oh Are airports. I’m still trying to parse “toenable”… ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-scam/565066/7 "2010-12-22T19:08:16Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I’m still trying to parse “toenable”… I think it’s a well-heeled term. Or perhaps one used by heels. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-scam/565066/8 "2010-12-22T20:58:27Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I’m still trying to parse “toenable”… “to enable” It took me a while, too. ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-scam/565066/9 "2010-12-23T23:34:53Z")
I got a slightly different one this morning - apparently a message from someone I’m friends with, very much written in her style, with her punctuation (gah), saying, “Is this your photo?” to get me to click on a link. Which my Firefox told me was a web forgery, and which then asked for my facebook login. What worries me about these scams is how stupid you would have to be to fall for them - and the number of people who are that stupid. (And the thought that one day, that scarily stupid person will probably be me.) ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-scam/565066/10 "2010-12-25T13:18:25Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I keep seeing one about a girl who killed herself after her Dad posted photos of her on Facebook. I keep seeing it on other people’s pages, but it is some kind of(I think) phishing scam. Oh that one about “I cried after reading this…” or something similar. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-scam/565066/11 "2010-12-25T15:50:46Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I’m still trying to parse “toenable”… Every time I tried to parse ‘Newark Intl’, the letter ‘A’ would get stolen. I just assumed it was terminal A… ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-scam/565066/12 "2010-12-25T22:22:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I keep seeing one about a girl who killed herself after her Dad posted photos of her on Facebook. I keep seeing it on other people’s pages, but it is some kind of(I think) phishing scam. The one I got says “This Dad Dies when he views his daughter’s status on Blackberry!” OK, besides the fact that this is clearly a scam, what kind of a social networking status update could possibly shock a father to death? I’m thinking either the daughter posting about being penetrated by 3 guys at once, or throwing puppies off a cliff while high on crack (the girl, not the puppies), or maybe all at the same time. :D:smack: