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    Don‘t Fall Victim to the ’Remove Timeline’ Facebook Scam

    Facebook users are slowly converting their profiles to the new Timeline style, which will be inevitable for all users eventually, but with that comes some pining for the old Facebook style. Some scam artists are capitalizing on those who want to reverse and go back.

    But according to Gizmodo, once you switch to Timeline, there is no going back and users should beware of scammers offering them wishful methods to return to the old look. According to Inside Facebook, there are 16 pages related to Timeline among the top search results that are scams with more than 71,000 likes:

    The social network has been unable to keep up with the volume of pages that are fraudulent or otherwise in violation of Facebook terms. There are few, if any, preventative measures to keep these pages from being created. The company relies on users to report pages after the fact. Systems prioritize these reports and a team of reviewers respond by removing the page or alerting law enforcement if necessary. With 800 million people using the site, many issues can be resolved this way, but the new crop of Timeline-related scams shows the need for improvement, both in reducing Facebook scams and helping users understand how to protect themselves.

    Facebook Timeline Remove

    Any site saying you can reverse Timeline is reported to be a scam.

    All Facebook users can do is accept that Timeline is here to stay and avoid trying to go back. Once users switch over to Facebook, they do have seven days to approve the profile before it goes public.

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    27 comments

    • LRRP SNIPER  •  Tampa, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      Well since they DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO THERE USER'S I GUESS I WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN MY ACCOUNT REAL SOON !!
      • Rob Base! 4 mths ago
        You can't, that's the problem. Unless you die.
      • Stephen K 4 mths ago
        No you won't. You'll be deactivating it. That means, you can never get into it again, but Marc Zuckerberg still has it all.
    • Rob Base!  •  4 mths ago
      Facebook needs a DELETE MY ENTIRE PROFILE FOREVER button!
      • Life Created God 4 mths ago
        You have to look for it but it is there...dont fall for deactivate button DELETE
      • Aaron 4 mths ago
        where is the delete?, two years after I thought I deleted facecrack it popped up like nothing happened! This is a major invasion of privacy, the only thing facecrack is, is another tool for stalkers!
      • Life Created God 4 mths ago
        Sign into fb..go to Help and click on Deactivate/Delete it will show you the options. Choose Delete. It may ask you to stay and tell you people will miss you..click delete and it will reply Fine Good bye then..or something like that. continue and it will take about two weeks. If you log in during the two weeks you will have to delete again.
    • weasel  •  Seattle, Washington  •  4 mths ago
      I cannot comprehend this and cannot read others walls that already have it. It's the most difficult and confusing thing I have ever see. I will be deactivating my FB. Mark did not listen to the people and now your privacy is gone. #$%$ Mark
    • kenneth  •  Little Rock, Arkansas  •  4 mths ago
      well fromhat i read you got seven days to approve your profilew before it goes public, I got it figured that is good cause as son aas they switch me I am switching them off! I dont have to change if I dont want all I gota do is close my account!
    • Armed  •  Quantico, Virginia  •  4 mths ago
      Maybe timeline "features" MORE space for adds!
    • Rosaura  •  4 mths ago
      Oohhh Zuckeeerrrr!!!
    • doppelgänger  •  4 mths ago
      LOL......yet ANOTHER reason not to go near that mess of a site.

      Zuckerburg (or whatever the freaks name is) seems awfully bored these days.
    • usual_chaos  •  Mitchell, South Dakota  •  4 mths ago
      I hate timeline its gay
    • Van Cedric  •  4 mths ago
      Scam. i need to use new email for money transaction :D
    • Bowlegalicious  •  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  •  4 mths ago
      Well if the changes don't suit me, I will just delete my fb account, I am tired of fb anyways, it's boring. I would rather talk to my friends on the phone or face to face like we did before fb.
      • Seth Ransom 4 mths ago
        I agree you whatever happened to meeting your friends face to face at a mall or a movie.Even talking to your friends on the phone doesn't happen much anymore without texting.Why don't they get rid of facebook and let people meet like they used to do.
    • Cheryl  •  Alvarado, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      I switched to timeline voluntarily as soon as it was available and love it. Of course, I don't post inappropriate pictures, have public FB fights, or whine about things I haven't even tried yet.
    • brian g  •  New York, New York  •  4 mths ago
      For some reason the world has forgotten the old adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." For companies, it's because they stand to make billions of dollars making their expensive products obsolete within a year of selling them to consumers, then manipulating their systems to make it impossible for those consumers to continue using the products they bought at premium prices. For Facebook, I have no idea why they decided to destroy their product. I saw the movie "The Social Network." Hey Zuckerberg, your product isn't cool anymore, but it doesn't have to be, you got your billion.
    • Gene  •  Elizabethtown, Kentucky  •  4 mths ago
      This about a scam...For the ones saying that got rid of facebook.. then y u postin...i dont like the timeline..but its here.....Have made Alot of great friends on it that i keep in touch with.....
    • Willy  •  4 mths ago
      face book is a scam and is controled by the CIA in case you don't know
    • Chris Chase  •  Auburndale, Wisconsin  •  4 mths ago
      lol why are people so stupid? It obviously is a scam, look at it! The people that click on things like " Free 1,000.00 wal mart gift card!" or do things that are OBVIOUSLY a scam are just so computer illiterate just stay off the internet
    • The troll puppeteer  •  Beverly, Massachusetts  •  4 mths ago
      THE CIA CONTROLS FACEBOOK YOU IDIOTS.
    • Nate  •  Beatrice, Nebraska  •  4 mths ago
      TIMELINE SUCKS!!!
    • Joseph D  •  Coram, New York  •  4 mths ago
      Always a FB problem ... when will people learn ?
    • Zombie Girl  •  Troutdale, Oregon  •  4 mths ago
      "All Facebook users can do is accept that Timeline is here to stay and avoid trying to go back."

      There is another option. We can choose to stop using Facebook.

      Timeline makes it impossible to find specific information. If you can't find the information you are looking for, if Facebook becomes completely unreliable, then what is the point of using it?
    • anacrusis  •  4 mths ago
      Of course it's a scam. It's too obviously something that would make people happy.
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