claim: Accepting a friend request from a stranger will provide hackers with access to your computer and online accounts.
origin: < Please tell all the contacts in your messenger list not to accept anything from Fabrizio Brambilla. He has a foto with a dog. He is a hacker and has the system connected to your messanger account. If one of your contacts accepts it, you will also be hacked, so make sure that all your friends know it. Thanks. Forwarded as received. Please tell all the contacts in your messenger list not to accept Jayden K. Smith friendship request. He is a hacker and has the system connected to your Facebook account. If one of your contacts accepts it, you will also be hacked, so make sure that all your friends know it. Please tell all the contacts in your Messenger list not to accept Anwar Jitouâ€™s [Anwar Jituâ€™s] contact, itâ€™s a hacker that has the computer connected to your Facebook account. If one of your contacts accepts it, you will also be hacked, so make sure that all your friends know it. Si prega di dire a tutti i contatti della tua lista Messenger, di non accettare il contatto di Anwar Jitou [Anwar Jitu], Ã¨ un hacker che ha il computer collegato nel tuo account Facebook. Se uno dei tuoi contatti lo accetta, sarai anche hackerato, cosÃ¬ fai in modo, che tutti i tuoi amici lo sappiano. ALERT!!!!! ALERT!!!!! Donâ€™t accept a friend request from Maggie from Sweden, she is a HACKER.Tell everyone on your list cause if someone on your list adds her then she will be on yours too. She will figure out your computer ID and address, so send this to everyone on your list even if you donâ€™t care for them cause if she hacks them, she hacks YOU too. She is also noted for repeated sexual harrasment and indecent private chatting. PB: BEWARE!!! DO NOT ACCEPT A FRIEND REQUEST FROM TANNER DWYER, CHRISTOPHER BUTTERFIELD, STEFANIA COLAC AND ALEJANDO SPILJNER. THESE ARE HACKERS SO PUT IT ON YOUR WALL. IF SOMEONE ADDâ€™S THEM THEY TAKE YOUR CONTACTS, EMPTY YOUR COMPUTER AND ADDRESSES, SO COPY AND PASTE THIS ON YOUR WALL. WARNING!!!!! DO NOT ACCEPT FRIEND REQUESTS FROM ~~~ BOBBY ROBERTS ~~~ Profile picture is four colored picture ~~ A hacker and fake name!!!! the name will DESTROY EVERYTHING!!! Pleaseâ€¦ COPY THIS TEXT ON YOUR STATUS SO THAT YOUR FRIENDS ARE WARNED ****************** PASS ON ALONG.. ATTENTION ATTENTION !!! ATTENTION !!! ATTENTION ALL FACEBOOK USERS**â€¦ DO NOT ADD *JASON ALLEN*, ALSO IF SOMEBODY CALLED *AMY ALLEN* ADDS YOU, DONâ€™T ACCEPTâ€¦ IT IS A VIRUS. TELL EVERYBODY, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY ON YOUR LIST ADDS THEM, YOU GET THE VIRUS TOO. **COPY AND PASTE AND PLEASE RE POST* THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY FACEBOOK AND SNOPES ATTENTION **ALL FACEBOOK USERS ** .. DO NOT ADD â€œLINDA SMITHâ€, also IF SOMEBODY CALLED â€œJASON LEEâ€, ADDS YOU, DONâ€™T ACCEPT IT.. IT IS A VIRUS. TELL EVERYBODY, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY ON YOUR LIST ADDS THEM , YOU GET THE VIRUS TOO . COPY AND PASTE AND PLEASE RE-POST â€“ THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY FB DO NOT ACCEPT ANY FRIENDSHIP INQUIRIES FROM: ROLAND DREYER, MATTHIAS DAMBERGER, MARIO SOMMER, FABIAN BERNEDER OR FRANK BECKER !!!!! THESE ARE HACKERS!!!!! THEY CAN DESTROY THE HARD DISK!!!!!!â€¦PLEASE â€¦COPY TEXT ON YOUR BULLETIN BOARD!!!â€¦SO THAT YOUR FRIENDS ARE PROTECTED Donâ€™t add anyone named rehana n 27 years from leicister .she is a hacker. Tell everyone on your buddy list because if someone on your buddy list adds her, sheâ€™ll be on your list too. Sheâ€™ll figure out your computer ID and address. So copy and paste this message to everyone on your buddy list because if she hacks them your next. I sent to everyone on my list so please send to everyone on your list FROM NEWS FEED: DO NOT ADD HER!!! IF SOMEBODY CALLED â€œSMARTGRRL15â€, ADDS YOU, DONâ€™T ACCEPT ITâ€¦IT IS A VIRUS. TELL EVERYBODY, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY ON UR LIST ADDS THEM, U GET THE VIRUS TOO. COPY AND PASTE AND PLEASE REPOST ATTENTION:::::::DO NOT ACCEPT FRIEND REQUEST FROM CHRISTOPHER DAVIES AND JESSICA DAVIES, THEY ARE HACKERS. TELL EVERY 1 ON YOUR LIST, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY ON YOUR LIST ADDS THEM, THEY WILL BE ON YOUR LIST TOO. HEâ€™LL FIGURE OUT YOUR COMPUTERâ€™S ID AND ADDRESS, SO COPY & PASTE THIS MESSAGEâ€¦â€¦ EVEN IF YOU DONâ€™T CARE.. PLEASE ***ATTENTION!!!*** Do not accept a friend request from a CHRISTOPHER BUTTERFIELD he is a hacker. Tell everyone on your list because if somebody on your list adds him u get him on your list too and heâ€™ll figure out your computerâ€™s ID and address, so copy and paste this message to everyone even if u donâ€™t care for them cause if he hacks their email he hacks your mail too! FORWARD ONTO all!!! IF A PERSON CALLED SIMON ASHTON (SIMON25@HOTMAIL.CO.UK) CONTACTS YOU THROUGH EMAIL DONâ€™T OPEN THE MESSAGE. DELETE IT BECAUSE HE IS A HACKER!! TELL EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY ON YOUR LIST ADDS HIM THEN YOU WILL GET HIM ON YOUR LIST. HE WILL FIGURE OUT YOUR ID COMPUTER ADDRESS, SO COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE EVEN IF YOU DONT CARE FOR THEM AND FAST BECAUSE IF HE HACKS THEIR EMAIL HE HACKS YOUR MAIL TOO!!!!!â€¦ Can you tell me anything about this that has been going around: â›” WARNING â›” >>>>>>>>>>>>>> HACKERS VIRUS ATTACKERS ON THE MARCH THIS WEEKEND ON SOCIAL MEDIA BE EXTRA WISE!!! DO NOT CLICK VIDEOS IN YOUR INBOX UNLESS U COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR FRIEND/S TO SEE IF THEY SENT IT ASK THEM TO EXPLAIN BE CAUTIOUS!!! ESPECIALLY BE EXTRA CAREFUL DO NOT CLICK VIDEOS WITH ON IT!!! â€“ THAT ARE SENT TO UR INBOX BY A SO CALLED FRIEND U HARDLY KNOW!!! EVEN IF U KNOW THE PERSON WELL ASK QUESTIONS AGAIN ASK FOR EXPLANATION â€“ AND ASK THEM A PERSONAL QUESTION AND IF THEY SENT IT DO NOT CLICK!!!! IF NO EXPLANATION!!! OR REPLY!!! IGNORE IT!!!! DO NOT OPEN OR CLICK!!! I received this today. Couldnâ€™t find it on Snopes: Please tell all the contacts in your messenger list not to accept friendship request from james wood . He is a hacker and has the system connected to your Facebook account. If one of your contacts accepts it, you will also be hacked, so make sure that all your friends know it. Thanks. Forwarded as received. Hold your finger down on the message. At the bottom in the it will say forward. Hit that then click on the names of those in your list and it will send to them New Hacker warning on FB messenger but did not see it here when I checked for validity. I usually shit these down with a link from Snopes. But there is nothing so here is what I received: Please tell all the contacts in your messenger list not to accept anything from Fabrizio Brambilla. He has a foto with a dog. He is a hacker and has the system connected to your messanger account. If one of your contacts accepts it, you will also be hacked, so make sure that all your friends know it. Thanks. Forwarded as received. Hold your finger down on the message. At the bottom in the middle it will say forward. Hit that then click on the names of those in your list and it will send to them > The examples reproduced above are multiple variants of a long-running hoax, one which warns readers not to allow contact from a particular person or group because dire consequences will result. The basic form of these hoax warnings is typically drawn from the following template: Variants of these messages are circulated endlessly, with different names swapped in and out as various pranksters decide to play jokes on people they know by inserting their acquaintancesâ€™ names and addresses into the warning in place of the existing information. The most common variant of this hoax is one that warns the reader not to accept Facebook friend requests from â€œhackersâ€ purportedly named â€œChristopher Daviesâ€ and â€œJessica Davies,â€ otherwise one of the two will wreak some unspecified havoc by being able to â€œFIGURE OUT UR COMPUTERâ€™S ID AND ADDRESS.â€ (The latest version also incorporates a hoax warning about the non-existent â€œDance of the Popeâ€ cell phone virus.) Of course, itâ€™s not outside the realm of possibility that an e-mail message or a link posted on Facebook might carry a virus payload which could infect your computer and allow it be controlled by a botnet, but virus warnings that correspond to the patterns detailed above can be safely dismissed as japes. In March 2009, the â€œSimon Ashtonâ€ variant of this prank was combined with text referencing the hoax version of the Mail Server Report virus warning: < Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on. This information arrived this morning, Direct from both Microsoft and Norton. Please send it to everybody you know who has access to the Internet. You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled â€˜Mail Server Reportâ€™ If you open either file, a message will appear on your screen saying: â€˜It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful.â€™ Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC, And the person who sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail and password. This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the anti virus softwareâ€™s are not capable of destroying it. The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself â€˜life ownerâ€™. PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, And ask them to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY! > In June 2017, a new variant of the same hoax emerged, with Anwar Jitou (or Anwar Jitu) taking the role of boogeyman on this occasion. The hoax was particularly prevalent among Italian Facebook users, where the warning message typically read like this: < Si prega di dire a tutti i contatti della tua lista Messenger, di non accettare il contatto di Anwar Jitou [Anwar Jitu], Ã¨ un hacker che ha il computer collegato nel tuo account Facebook. Se uno dei tuoi contatti lo accetta, sarai anche hackerato, cosÃ¬ fai in modo, che tutti i tuoi amici lo sappiano. > It subsequently spread to the English-speaking internet, where Facebook users were told: < Please tell all the contacts in your Messenger list not to accept Anwar Jitouâ€™s [Anwar Jituâ€™s] contact, itâ€™s a hacker that has the computer connected to your Facebook account. If one of your contacts accepts it, you will also be hacked, so make sure that all your friends know it. > Additional and very popular identical hoaxes in 2017 included the purported hackers Fabrizio Brambilla and Jayden K. Smith â€¦ new names, same old hoax.