Last night around 2am I received an email from Facebookmail. I was a little bit cautious so I googled the terms “facebookmail” and came across this post on SpeakGood in which a similar thing happened to them.
Yes, Facebookmail exists and it is how they contact people. They emailed me to let me know that I needed to change my password as my old password was no longer valid. I can only assume that somehow my account got compromised and they decide to act accordingly. I guess it was that unprotected WiFi that I accessed Friday afternoon while downtown. It was a stupid thing to do, next time I will be alot safer.
From: Facebook <xxx@facebookmail.com>
Date: 17.05.2008 02:45
Subject: Facebook Password Security Alert
To: Phillip JeffreyHey Phillip,
We have reset your Facebook account password for security reasons. You will need to use the link provided in this email to create a new, secure password for your account. Do not use your old password. In the future, please make sure that when you log in to Facebook, you always log in from a legitimate Facebook page with the facebook.com domain. To reset your password, follow the link below:
https://login.facebook.com/xxx (If clicking on the link doesn’t work, try copying and pasting it into your browser.)Please contact info@facebook.com with any questions.
Thanks,
The Facebook Team
Relevance: Very cool that Facebook caught this, responded accordingly and contacted me to change my password. Thanks.