'Free Facebook Birthday T-Shirt' Scam Steals Secret Facebook Mobile Email Addresses

The 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam is a recent scam that utilizes the Facebook.com social networking website's name to lure you into giving away your Facebook account information. Once it's done this, 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam will not only refuse to give you the prize that 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam offered, but 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam will actually take over your account and use it to collect private information and transmit malicious links and files. Since the 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam uses your Facebook Mobile Secondary ID information as the doorway into your account, you should exercise extreme caution with giving this information out and be ready to change it if you believe that it's been compromised.

Unraveling the Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam's Fake Shirt Deal

So far, SpywareRemove.com malware research team has found all Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam' attacks to originate from one of two websites: freef.be or fbtshirt.info, although other websites may also utilize the same scam in time. You're most likely to be exposed to these websites after clicking a fake 'you've won a prize' banner ad or pop-up. Be cautious around any advertisement that claims that you've won a prize without doing anything and exercise strong browser security protocols to keep your PC safe from browser exploit attacks.

You can also recognize a Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam' by the following link, although minor variations may also occur:

"WOW!! Got a free Facebook T-SHIRT :)). Unpacking it now. Get it here : [Malicious URL]"

If you do find yourself on a Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam' website, you can easily recognize Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam' by checking for the supposed '7th birthday celebration' headers that are displayed prominently in the Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam''s, mostly-blue interface. Don't be fooled by the Facebook-reminiscent appearance and the Share, Like and Tweet buttons – Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam' websites aren't related to Facebook and have nothing to give you, except account hacks.

It Doesn't Have to Be a Struggle to Get a Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam' Off

The phishing process that Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam' sites use to steal your Facebook information is only slightly different from a traditional one. Instead of requesting your basic Facebook account information, the Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam' requests that you enter your secret Facebook Mobile address. However, the results are the same, as though you'd given Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam' the keys to your car – Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam' criminals will have total control over your account and be able to post status updates or upload files at will.

Because this compromise of your account is very likely to result in your account being used to distribute other types of harmful phishing attacks and malware, you should kick the Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam' out of your Facebook account ASAP. This can be done simply by changing the Facebook Mobile information to a new and non-compromised address.

Exposure to a Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam's website may also result in a direct attack on your PC via browser exploits. Because of this, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts suggest that you scan your computer with a good anti-malware program after any contact with a Facebook 'Facebook Birthday Free T-Shirt' scam'.