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steve2470

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3. I looked up fbsupport.com....
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 03:43 PM
Aug 2016

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

Domain Name: FBSUPPORT.COM
Registrar: WEBFUSION LTD.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 1515
Whois Server: whois.123-reg.co.uk
Referral URL: http://www.123-reg.co.uk
Name Server: NS.123-REG.CO.UK
Name Server: NS2.123-REG.CO.UK
Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 16-may-2015
Creation Date: 23-may-2002
Expiration Date: 23-may-2016

>>> Last update of whois database: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 00:16:57 GMT <<<


The bottom line of all that, is that it's a UK company and Facebook is an AMERICAN company, so huge red flag there already. Facebook would do its own support, I'm convinced. ETA: I went to fbsupport.com and it's a parked domain, meaning that its only purpose is to serve ads and links. Another giant red flag.

They also would send you a very official looking email with the Facebook emblem and some kind of verified information. They wouldn't send you any technical mumbojumbo, just a simple "there's a security problem we may have noticed" or something about your account not working properly and to contact the official support channel at facebook.com itself.

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