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By Edward Pevos of MLive

Another Facebook hoax is going around that's fooling a lot of people.

You may have received a message from a friend who says they've received a friend request from you, which would make it from a duplicate account. They are simply sending that message to multiple people causing others to think their accounts have been cloned.

The message may look like this: "Hi....I actually got another friend request from you yesterday...which I ignored so you may want to check your account. Hold your finger on the message until the forward button appears...then hit forward and all the people you want to forward too....I had to do the people individually. Good Luck!"

Just delete the spam message. Yes, accounts do get cloned, but Facebook told WSYR-TV there has been no increase in account cloning and it's not connected to last week's security breach.

Regardless, here's what some annoyed Facebook users are saying about the hoax.

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Please stop sending me copy and paste emails about Facebook accounts being cloned. Apparently this is a hoax and I am getting SPAMMED with them. It’s crazy. My friends are too. — Brooke Alyson (@Brooke_Alyson) October 7, 2018

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Facebook has proved, yet again, how gullible (and stupid) their avid users are by this whole ‘second profile’ scam. If I had a dollar for everyone person who posted “iF yOu gEt a fRiEnD rEquEsT fRoM mE..” today, I’d be filthy rich. — Sarah Joy (@sarahpinks) October 8, 2018

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I've unfriended everyone that fell for the Facebook duplicate friend scam. — Abe Yospe (@Cheeseboy22) October 8, 2018

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Is it people over 45's job to repost those "people have been cloning accounts on Facebook and it is NOT ME please do not accept other accounts from 'me' because it is not real!!! 1!1!1" post cause that's all I see anymore — Jada ||🌺🤟🏽 (@1994baseline) October 7, 2018

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Folks, please stop sending messages about Facebook hack. When you send these hoax messages to all of your friends, you are actually exposing them to more problems. This hoax has been reported by many news outlets. — David J. McCarthy (@djmac47) October 6, 2018

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Some folks don't need Facebook accounts. There's a hoax every other month and the SAME PEOPLE fall for it EVERY SINGLE TIME! — ~*~Juhmeelah~*~ (@queenjamila_g) October 7, 2018

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HACKING SCAM ALERT:

For those of you who are on Facebook and driving me nuts over cloning hack hysteria... please DON’T forward those ‘Got Another Friend Request From You’...Facebook PMs.

It’s a HOAX and by sharing it, you’re helping to spread it. #DontSpreadChainMessagesOnFB pic.twitter.com/tyv7kYMzvs — Teena Gates (@TeenaGates) October 8, 2018

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To whomever is cloning Facebook profiles: Stop it. For the love of all that is holy, stop it. — Benjamin Woods (@benjaminrwoods) October 7, 2018

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What’s going on with Facebook? Is the friends request notice a scam? These messages are flooding facebook. — debra porcher-alliso (@sallison723) October 8, 2018

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I am not sending friends request folks, please ignore as it’s either Facebook or a scam — norma smith (@normasm79462627) October 7, 2018

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Found out there is a Nation Wide Scam on Facebook, telling people they are hacked, in regard to friend request, when they are not. Thanks FOX NEWS!!!!! — Glorious Pound Cakes (@GloriousPound) October 7, 2018

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Lots of people are falling for the Facebook duplicate friend request scam. My theory? I accepted your first friend request & then you started selling Lularoe, so I’m definitely not accepting the second request. — Stephanie Ortiz (@Six_Pack_Mom) October 8, 2018

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Facebook needs a feature that blocks all your Boomer friends the second one of those "please forward this message to all your friends" scams starts making the rounds. — Hans Fiene (@HansFiene) October 7, 2018

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It’s so weird that adults were always the ones to be like “don’t believe everything you read on the internet” but they’re the ones spreading the scam messages on Facebook because they’re believing everything they read on the internet — jordan steinmeyer ❁ (@itsjordan_xo) October 6, 2018

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Honestly if you fell for the Facebook hacking scam going around right now, you shouldn’t be able to:

1) have a Facebook

2) vote

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. — Rachel MacKnight (@rachmacknight) October 8, 2018

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Please could more people tell me about the latest Facebook scam? — Kay Woodward (@realkaywoodward) October 8, 2018

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Utang na loob, relax gen exers . YOU ARE NOT YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS. You will not die tomorrow if you are cloned. If it’s true , then change your password. But most probably this is a scam so please eat your breakfast and take your Anlene. — Cholo Hidalgo Laurel (@CholoLaurel) October 8, 2018

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Looks like most people have recovered from the hacking scam on Facebook. Humanity is being restored one hour at a time. — Chris Broughton (@cbrought21) October 8, 2018

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There is a scam going around on facebook. Don't fall for it. You ARE not BEING HACKED! — K A T I E B U G (@KateAnn41552989) October 8, 2018

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Dang Facebook scams... I am not sending out forwarded messages. I am also trying not to receive them... 🙅 — Alyssa Rainy (@alyssa_rainy) October 8, 2018

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Damn it people. You weren’t hacked on Facebook, it’s a damn scam. Suck it up buttercup and move on with life.



This is why old people shouldn’t have Facebook. — Jacob Milam (@JacobM13) October 8, 2018

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#GodFriendedMe if God Friends you on Facebook friend him back... just don’t friend any clones from your friends that’s a scam! — JTV (@jayv1974) October 8, 2018

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Unfollowing everyone who hasn’t done their research on the Facebook stolen identity scam. — 404: Designer Not Found (@FlannelToLace) October 7, 2018

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The warning about not accepting a friendship request from a duplicate Facebook account is a scam. Nevertheless, Facebook account duplication does happen from time to time. — Shane Field (@shanef78) October 7, 2018