Should I be worried about this?

Naffa · 15 Apr 2009 at 16:59

I've just had a banner from another site saying "Nathaniel, your inbox is full!" click here for free stuff, etc. It's using my Facebook info as it was a Facebook style banner. The site isn't associated with Facebook at all and I'm curious to know how it accessed such information and whether my login details and what not could be at risk?

Thanks for any light anyone can shed.

Naffa

SourChipmunk · 15 Apr 2009 at 17:13

Did you click for free stuff?

Sounds like phishing to me. Send something off to a billion random addresses and eventually someone will bite.

theheyes · 15 Apr 2009 at 17:15

If the site is not associated with facebook and the banner is only in a 'facebook style', how are you sure it's using your facebook info?

Naffa · 16 Apr 2009 at 18:21

Because it had my name and what not. The site I was visiting had no association with Facebook and I'm not registered with the site.

It said "Nathaniel! Your inbox is full" and had a picture of me underneath it...

MikeHunt79 · 16 Apr 2009 at 18:37

If your name is Nathaniel, I'd be worried...

Confused · 16 Apr 2009 at 18:39

There's some way of getting a web page to display your Facebook profile picture if you're currently logged into Facebook - there was a spate of people posting up the image on here a few months back.

I imagine it's doing something similar.

HAz · 16 Apr 2009 at 19:08

was it an ad within facebooK? sounds like u may been hacked!

Naffa · 16 Apr 2009 at 22:55

It was an ad on a separate website that is not associated with Facebook in anyway, displaying my name and profile picture. If this did happen on OcUK then I'd hope that it's nothing to worry about which is all I wanted to know in the first place.

Thank you Confused.

how random · 16 Apr 2009 at 23:00

It might be worth changing your password if you are worried, and making sure your computer is clean of any nasty stuff