Facebook = (!=) spammers

Aug 14, 2011 07:57


Update: Looking at the headers a second time, I have to conclude it was a clever forgery. The IP address from which the mail was received is 211.202.2.178, which doesn't resolve by reverse DNS to a Facebook domain. A check on geographic locations shows that this IP address is in Korea.
The links really do point to Facebook URL's, and the email address which I used when I was a Facebook user is correct. But I really shouldn't have let myself be fooled that easily. This time I did Facebook an injustice.(End update)
I just received the following from Facebook. I checked the headers carefully and determined it isn't a phishing forgery.

======================================= To login to Facebook, follow the link below: [Link snipped] ======================================= You haven't been back to Facebook recently. You have received notifications while you were gone. You have the following notifications: 1 messages Thanks, The Facebook Team To login to Facebook, follow the link below: [Link snipped] ======================================= This message was intended for [my email address]. If you do not wish to receive this type of email from Facebook in the future, please follow the link below to unsubscribe. [link snipped] Facebook, Inc. P.O. Box 10005, Palo Alto, CA 94303

I permanently terminated my Facebook account some time ago, last year, I think, using the procedure which they make as difficult as possible, which is different from the one for merely deactivating your account. Now Facebook has taken it on itself to reopen my account and spam me.
When spammers offer to let you "unsubscribe" from a list you haven't subscribed to, it's a double lie, and I'm sure "unsubscribing" will have as little effect as terminating my account did.
Not satisfied with stomping all over its users' privacy, it's now invading the privacy of former users. My opinion of Facebook is at a new low.

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