Facebook - is thisthem?

[Deleted member 61074]

My sister just received this email from FB, however i am not sure if its real. She certainly did not join on 6 Oct 2011.

Hi xxx,
You joined Facebook on Oct 06, 2011, but you still haven't confirmed your account.
To confirm, simply follow this link:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?confirme...443891dG0G58&code=63475759&n_m=xxx40gmail.com
And that's it! Once you do this, you'll have access to all of Facebook's features - commenting, photo sharing, event planning and more.
Important: After today, you'll be unable to log in to your Facebook account until you complete this step.
You may be asked to enter this confirmation code: xxx
Again, welcome!
Thanks,
The Facebook Team

its from update%[email protected]

 

[lynxus]

Just ignore it.
The URL appears valid however it could be someone else trying to gain access to her account or someone signing up with her email address.

Who knows.

If her account works and she can post messages, photos etc etc then just delete the mail and move on.

 

[Deleted member 61074]

the thing that is puzzling me is the email they used - its her's but she has a FB acct using a different email.

i am inclined to ignore it for 24 hours, but i dont want her real acct to be jepardised as it has her business fan page attached to it

 

[lynxus]

Id suggest she simply goes to her profile.
Ensure that she has the correct emails listed and forget it ever happened.
I find it HIGHLY unlikely that FB would lock anyone's account esp if its actively used.

 

[MancunianCreative]

If it's talking about a different email than the one she uses then its 100% not genuine. You don't need to be a genius to figure that out.

 

[Sparx]

It is NOT genuine, delete it and forget all about it.

 

Here is how to check if an email is genuine or not.

You have to look at the full headers of the message.
There most probably will appear another email as sender.
Look for the 'from:' headers.

In Gmail you can see the headers by clicking the little arrow next to the
'Reply' link up right - that is when you opened the message.
There you will see 'Show original' link - click it and look for another
'from:' email address.

Most probably this is the case here, because otherwise you received
this email from a legitimate facebook email server.

 

Oops, I forgot FB have their own email service now.
So - yup it's a scam.

Still the method is valid if you are not sure that the
sender is the one he claims to be.

 

[travistane]

thats normal. maybe someone just trying to have a facebook using your sisters email ad. just dont mind it, you can delete that account if you feel you dont like it.