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Facebook Security 101: If you are going to be on social media and not be a victim, you need to know how to protect yourself from cybercriminals. The most common attack vector for a cybercriminal to compromise your Facebook account is to send you a friend request. Don't accept friend requests from people you don't know or already have on Facebook. Search for their name on your friend list so you can alert people on Facebook who might be scammers.