Piers is right about this. I would suggest going back to that email and
look at the headers. If the source is not Facebook, then it's 100% bogus.
Chris
>
>Yes, John, I do remember Andrew Dacey.
>
>When you say you "received a Facebook message" I assume that it was an email
>purporting to come from Facebook, in which case someone's PC somewhere has
>been compromised, allowing access to email addresses on the PC. My
>expectation is that the email you have received is most likely not from
>Facebook (even if it appears to have come from Facebook), and is attempting
>to persuade you to confirm or deny the friendship (or have some kind of
>interaction) by clicking on the link it provides. The link will NOT go to
>Facebook, though it will certainly claim to do so.
>
>Whether or not you have a Facebook account, a link with Andrew, an
>outstanding friend request or whatever is utterly irrelevant - whoever
>crafted the email is assuming you most likely do exhibit one or more of
>those attributes, and can be expected to click.
>
>Don't.
>
>
>>Does anyone remember Andrew Dacey, a former, or an existing but lurking,
>>member of this list?
>>
>>To my knowledge his last known location was Halifax, Nova Scotia.
>>
>>This morning I received a Facebook message saying that :
>>
>>"Just a reminder that Andrew has confirmed your friend request and
>>you're now friends on Facebook."
>>
>>
>>The issue is that (1) I am not a Facebook user other than dropping by
>>the pages of a few family relatives, (2) I have never put a "friend"
>>request to Andrew, (3) Andrew has never put a "friend" request to me or
>>if he has I have never responded.
>>
>>So, does anyone have any idea about what might drive a spurious FB
>>message such as the one I received?
>>
>>Needless to say I have not, and will not, respond to the incoming message.
>
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