Facebook freakout - beware!!

Grantley
By Grantley

I have a Facebook account, but under a nickname that is only known to family and close friends.

 

Last night I got a notification from somebody I do not know or recognise.  Attached to the (fairly explicit) message was their full body photo, face and all, STANDING NEXT TO MY CAR in Villagio parking lot.

 

HTF does this stranger know my nickname, or is this just a horrible coincidence???  The message is insufficiently offensive to report to CID, but the implication is clear to a westerner.  Too freaky....

By qatarisun• 27 Mar 2008 19:11
Rating: 3/5
qatarisun

how did i forget about it?? of course.. you can only see the name of the person, and his/her friends, which are also only the names...

so Grantley it's either one of your friends, or coincidence,...

Oryx... ok.. do not post the provocative pics on FB , and you will be out of trouble.. .. I hope the fact of being on FB is not a crime.. even Bill Gates is there with all his great world Microsoft team.. so???.. if some freaking company thinks it's a shame to be on FB... well... I wouldn't join this company myself...

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This Too Shall Pass.....

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By anonymous• 27 Mar 2008 18:54
anonymous

person. All ya are allowed to see is their name and pic, NO personnel details. That is allowed only after you are friends.

So dont worry !

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By azilana7037• 27 Mar 2008 16:27
azilana7037

who goggle search my name before sending me a request for ADD friend.

Weird...but I guess in the internet...you'll find a lot of weirdoes...

 

Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!- UNKNOWN

By Grantley• 27 Mar 2008 13:41
Grantley

and Qatarisun - yes, the number plate was clearly visible.

By Oryx• 27 Mar 2008 13:06
Oryx

Sure Sure Sure Qatarisun - it is a regular practice - see what sort of citizen you are and what you are up to....the person behind the CV

 

There was a big thing about it on the BBC....how people had got into trouble at work/uni because of a picture etc on facebook

By DaRuDe• 27 Mar 2008 13:02
DaRuDe

 

So who is it hmm might be your friend with a new username ?

 

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By qatarisun• 27 Mar 2008 12:53
qatarisun

are you serious? Companies scope you out on facebook b4 interview?? and why do they do that? to see what? My picturies?

 Grantley, are you sure is that YOU car? could you see the plates number on the pictures?

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This Too Shall Pass.....

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By Oryx• 27 Mar 2008 11:34
Oryx

This is horrible... that is why I won't subscribe to FACEBOOK etc....

A lot of companies scope you out on facebook b4 interview... so those fun party photos!!!!!!!!!! NO NO

This is disgusting - isn't there a computer whizz who can source the sender....

Don't call it a prank/joke etc.

It isn't funny it is scary and worrying. Someone is following this person, taking photos, hacking their computer and writing obsence messages

If it were me my alarm bells would be like a fire engine.

By yaya• 27 Mar 2008 11:29
yaya

Make sure you are not in Qatar or other network,that's the way people can see your information even if they know you or not.Dont post personal information like phone numbers,compound,etc... if you have posted pictures of your car make sure as well the licesense is not visible.But the basic thing to do is not to be in any network.I did the same when I had request from some locals,making comments in my pictures and sending me friends requests...I was in qatar net but when I found out about the nets,I changed my status to the NONE network,and now only friends and family can get to my profile.

By Grantley• 27 Mar 2008 10:56
Grantley

Veni, Vici, viva.

By Withnail• 27 Mar 2008 10:54
Withnail

if you are sure it is not your friends/family, then it would seem that you are being watched....

 

 

 

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By Cool_Dude• 27 Mar 2008 10:52
Cool_Dude

May be a horrible coincidence....

But how horrible.. depends on you.... 

By Grantley• 27 Mar 2008 10:51
Grantley

that's why I posted, to get feedback about how it could have happened.

 

All my friends are back home, and the message was certainly not one that my wife or small children would write...

 

 Maybe someone in my IT dept?

 

By dragonfly212• 27 Mar 2008 10:48
Rating: 4/5
dragonfly212

i think you got April's fool too early mate.. you have wicked friends there.

Everybody is right Everybody is wrong, it depend where we stand.

By mariam-mar• 27 Mar 2008 10:47
Rating: 3/5
mariam-mar

Such thing is not really for Aprils Fool!!!

 

"There's nothing we can do to change the past, if it teaches  you a lesson profit from it then, forget it."

By omarsk• 27 Mar 2008 10:42
omarsk

remember its getting to april fools day, so expect freinds to play naugthy pranks.....

By syamsat• 27 Mar 2008 10:38
syamsat

By thexonic• 27 Mar 2008 10:33
Rating: 2/5
thexonic

Yea exactly, withnail is right. It could be someone from your family. 

 

It's always the small things that make big differences.

 

"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance even to the hand that crushes it"--- Imam Ali (A.S)

By Withnail• 27 Mar 2008 10:26
Withnail

 if you're100% sure only close friends and family have the ID, then I would suggest that one of your close friends is playing a trick on you.

 

if it's not that, and you are still 100% sure about the friends/family part, then maybe your computer has a worm/virus.

 

 

 

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By harsha• 27 Mar 2008 10:26
harsha

hmm.. quite shockin.. probably some fren of urs checked on ur office comp or somethin.. and wanted to freak u out..??

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