Fake Facebook friend requests

[Fudzy]

Is this only being sent to BB users? I'm yet to hear of somebody who isn't on BIS receiving dodgy second friend requests.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I've seen a lot of this lately, nothing fishy on my side yet. Not a BB user.

 

[buyeye]

I get sms's with friend requests but I don't have a facebook account.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I get sms's with friend requests but I don't have a facebook account.

:wtf:

How does that happen?

 

[buyeye]

:wtf:

How does that happen?

They subscription service sms's pretending to be facebook requests.

 

[Fudzy]

I've seen a lot of this lately, nothing fishy on my side yet. Not a BB user.

You seen people talking about fake requests or you have received a fake friendship request?

 

[KleinBoontjie]

I see a lot of news on this BB Freinds request subject. Here's one article:
Link

The recent spate of Facebook cloning attacks in South Africa has left many users looking at friend requests in a new light. The scam, which involves duplicating existing Facebook accounts and then sending the victim’s friends requests to connect, has left users wondering why their ‘friends’ are sending them new requests and then asking for money. But deciding on whether it is a request from a ‘real’ imposter account or not could be complicated by the fact that Facebook’s mobile app for BlackBerry phones seems to be sending users ‘ghost’ friend requests.

 

[Avenue]

I get sms's with friend requests but I don't have a facebook account.

Facebook has a new feature that links to your email and sends requests to selected contacts. Could it perhaps just be this?