Friday, April 23, 2010

Face Book Junkies

It's six o'clock in the morning and I wake in a panic. The alarm didn't go off at 4:30AM like it does most days. But why should it... It's Saturday morning. "But I am late, I am late oh dear I am late."  I get up slip on my slippers and run down the hall to the den. I start my computer... "I am late".  The computer seems like it's taking forever to boot.  It's finally ready I click on the browser and open Face Book and quickly jump into Farmville.... "Woooh, he didn't run away...."  You see, I made the mistake of purchasing my puppy at 5 o'clock in the morning. Now I have to be up by 5 every morning, for the next 14 days, to feed him or he'll run away.

I realize that some of you, note I didn't say most of you, don't understand what I am talking about. It seems like everyone is playing the games on Face Book and it's starting to take over our lives. I realized I was hooked when I started putting my harvesting schedule in my Outlook calendar and having reminders sent to my cell phone. What is it about these game that are so addicting?  I don't know but everyone that starts playing them are addicted within a few days of starting. 

One thing I like about the games on Face Book, is that I have met so many wonderful people. Hands down Great Britain takes the award for most game junkies. But you can meet people from all over the world playing Face Book games.

Last year President Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize, but if you ask me the founders and creators of Face Book should have received it.  Where else can you find people from the United States, Russia, England, Turkey and Norway all working together to gain experience points and virtual coins. 

I would chat with you longer but my Morning Glory needs to be harvested. Oh ya... one more thing. Want to be my neighbor?

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Facebook Email Fraud

In the past few weeks I have been receiving and I am sure a lot of you have too, a number of emails appearing to be from Facebook. They are not...

The first is a very formal email that looks like it may have come from facebook but it doesn't. It's a phishing email where they try to get information from you to either hack into your account, steal your identity or hack your computer. We are not sure what this email was attempting to do because the site was already down by the time we started researching.

The second email I have been getting is a text email with the subject line of "Facebook Password Reset Confirmation. help Centre." The first clue should be the way they spelled "Center" but unless you have requested a change in password Facebook would never simply reset your password. This email contains a virus, Malware.

So if you receive either of these emails simply delete them. Don't open any attachment or click any of the links within the email. You may find yourself so busy trying to clean up the mess you won't have time for Farm Town.