So, one of the accounts I manage got this message today:
A quick search of the message language confirmed to me that it’s a scam. The biggest clue was the “bio.site” link. Very phishy. The clunky sentence “Your Facebook page is scheduled for permanent deletion due to a post that has infringed upon our trademark rights” was another clue.
This article was pretty high up on the Google SERP and is pretty solid on it’s analysis and advice.
If you get one of these, first and foremost: don’t click the link! If you’re at all concerned, reach out to Facebook directly.
So, I filed it as spam and reported this account. My contempt for scammers is rich and deep, so I hope for some consequences. However, I recognize these folks will simply open another account when/if their accounts get locked. It is a rather annoying game of whack-a-mole. One that will probably continue to be a focus of mine for the foreseeable future.
Thanks for highlighting this. These scams are getting trickier.
Our business FB page has been receiving a lot of those messages and doesn’t appear to be good way to report them unless I’m missing something.
Sadly, there really isn’t (hey, if there are any Facebook folks reading this, here’s some great functionality to add to the business suite). What I did is report and block the user who sent this, and then moved the message to spam.
PS: I got another one today. Sigh…