http://www.hoax-slayer.com/facebook-send-20-stay-active-hoax.shtmlFacebook Hoax - 'Send Message to Twenty People to Stay Active' According to this message, which purports to be from 'the Facebook Company', you must send the same message on to twenty people to 'stay active'. The message warns that your account will be disconnected if you do not send the message as instructed.
It also advises you to call a listed customer support number if you suspect that the message is fake. Of course, the message certainly is a fake and a quite crudely rendered fake at that. It mirrors a number of earlier hoaxes that claim that Facebook or another online service will terminate your account if you do not send a message to a specified number of people. Any message that makes such a claim is certain to be a hoax. No legitimate company is ever likely to ask users to prove that they are active by sending on a silly message. This version may be a rather lame attempt to trick gullible recipients into calling a scammer or telemarketer. Searches on the listed number indicate that it comes from Wichita, Kansas. I have placed several calls to the number, but always received a 'busy' signal. Contact analytics website OkCaller.com lists the number as 'Not Safe', a label that indicates that a number is a 'problematical contact'. Perhaps the dumbest part of this hoax is the implication that you can actually call Facebook 'Support' and get a human support person to answer. If you receive this silly hoax message, do not share it with others. And don’t call the number. -- With best wishes S Chander -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
