Better Business Bureau warns about Facebook verification scam – WCPO

Many Facebook users are getting a message telling them to verify their identity, or their page will be shut down in 24 – 48 hours. What happens if you fall for this. CINCINNATI — Many of us depend on our Facebook page to share our everyday lives with friends and to keep up with others.If so, you would probably be alarmed by a message that says your page will be shut down if you don’t verify your identity.The message claims you’ve violated Facebook’s terms, and says if you do not respond in 24 or 48 hours “your page will be suspended.”If you click the link to respond, you will be asked to verify your name, email, and password.Warning before you give out any informationSylvia Phillips was recently hit by a Facebook scam — that got into her phone — and wants to warn others to never believe anything that asks for personal info.”Be extremely careful,” she said. “Question everything, and don’t give out data where you are not aware what you are giving out.”The Better Business Bureau recently issued an alert about this scam, calling it the “verification scam” or the “re-verification scam.”So what’s the worst that can happen if
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