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AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 13 Oct 2010 09:45

Apologies for a duplicate message from chat


This Facebook business is a real farce. For goodness sake don't get locked out yourself.

What they do is, ask you to verify your account by identifying your friend. Sound easy? Well it isn't and I want to get the message to people on there of what happens.

They give you one try an hour. They put up a list of, I think, about 6 people. They give you the opportunity to have 2/3 'don't knows'. Still sound easy?

Well the photos they put up are awful and I think they are not just the photos by peoples' names but also from their albums. Yesterday I had two different photos for one name, one of a person and one of a wedding, I had a car, I had numerous children aged from baby to about 12, I had two school photos (i.e. a large group of very small figures).

Like many people my friends come from all walks of life but, in my case, mainly from Genes Reunited. I don't usually look at their photo albums and rarely study the photo next to their name. And to confuse even further, if they are using albums and photos are put on of meetings of Genes friends, it could be from anyone's album on Genes.

Can you take this message and put it on as a message to all your friends to warn them of what can happen please. That way people will be careful to avoid the situation.
I can't see me ever getting back in, and the way I feel I only want to get in to delete my account.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 13 Oct 2010 11:45

Nobody on facebook on here I guess.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 13 Oct 2010 12:19

I am finally in.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

LindainBerkshire1736004

LindainBerkshire1736004 Report 13 Oct 2010 16:12

Ann just seen this on one of my friends on Facebook

Please be careful everyone

VIRUS on FB usingyour pictures. It says you have been tagged in a picture & wantsyou click on a link to see it, then hacks into your computer & all your accounts, including banking & other secure accounts. Itdestroys your computer. Once hacked into your computer it sends e-mails............to your friends telling them they have been tagged in pictures &starts the process again~PLEASE RE-POST

Linda :o) XxX

Researching:
Peryer(Winchester), Barber(Norfolk), Franklin(Oxford), Sadler(Marylebone), Davies(Hammersmith/Northampton), Rance(Wokingham), Hedley(Gateshead/Lincolnshire), Wilson(Derbyshire/India), French(India/Ireland), Luffman(Wiltshire), Barnett(Brixton/Lincolnshire)