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Meta For Business Facebook Messenger fake-verification phishing campaign

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A phishing campaign abused Facebook Messenger chatbots and fake verification lures to steal Meta For Business credentials and sensitive identity data, creating account-takeover risk for business users. The operation used a fraudulent Messenger account named AI Strategic Partner and impersonated Facebook Business verification to get victims onto attacker-controlled pages. Targets were asked for passwords, MFA codes, phone numbers, email addresses, and images of government ID or passports. The activity ran from November 2025 through June 2026, when Meta moved to disrupt the infrastructure.

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Timeline

  1. 07.07.2026 03:00 2 articles · 2d ago

    Facebook Messenger chatbots delivered fake Meta verification lures to Meta For Business users

    Initial Disclosure

    Huntress identified a phishing campaign against Meta For Business users that used fraudulent Facebook Messenger activity and fake Facebook Business verification emails to steal passwords, MFA codes, business and personal phone numbers, email addresses, and images of government ID or passports. The lure impersonated a verified-badge offer, used a Messenger account named AI Strategic Partner, and ran from November 2025 until June 2026, when Meta disrupted the infrastructure.

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