Now – Facebook Spam?

We get marketing interruptions all the time. The ultimate level of interruption marketing in my opinion:  telemarketing calls.  Lower levels of interruption include unsolicited spam email.  A connection’s Twitter account gets hacked and you get spam on your Twitter account. I wrote about spam on LinkedIn – which I have not seen since.  Thank you, LinkedIn!

This week, I experienced Facebook spam. So this is how it went … and how to be on top of it should it happen to you:

I received an email that I was tagged on a photo on Facebook, so I took a peek.  I was tagged to an ad that was in a photo album of a Facebook Page.  I have never heard of the company.  Apparently they tag people on the ad, which likely triggers an email to the person driving them to the ad (like mine below). It also tells my friends that I’m tagged, driving more people to view the ad and the Facebook Page. These shenanigans broadcast their ad!  I don’t have to be a “fan’ of the Facebook Page to be tagged.

Settings: eMail Alerts When Tagged in a Photo

To be sure you receive an alert to a rogue photo tagging – go to Account Settings in the upper right hand corner:

In Account Settings, click on the Edit link to the right of Photos.  Confirm that there is a check in the box that says “Tags you in a photo.” 

If you receive an email that you are tagged in a photo on Facebook, always click the link in the email.  If you do not want to be tagged in the photo, click the Report or Remove Tag beneath the photo.