Serious answer: A surprising number of people, especially those who still have Facebook accounts in 2025, are susceptible to scams where someone pretends to be a rich and/or famous person asking for favours or money.
They get a message from a fake Zuck, and because they are dangerously credulous, they believe it is the real Zuck.
Zuck says they’ve been selected, or won a prize, or should send a photo or some such, and then suddenly Zuck’s blackmailing for a compromising photo or otherwise requesting Amazon gift cards or Bitcoin to “unlock” the prize or whatever.
“Zuck’s a rich man who owns the platform. He knows what he’s doing. I’d better look into how to do this Bitcoin thing.”
Facebook knows all this and so any Zucks that are not the Zuck get flagged as scammers and have their accounts shut down.
Serious answer: A surprising number of people, especially those who still have Facebook accounts in 2025, are susceptible to scams where someone pretends to be a rich and/or famous person asking for favours or money.
They get a message from a fake Zuck, and because they are dangerously credulous, they believe it is the real Zuck.
Zuck says they’ve been selected, or won a prize, or should send a photo or some such, and then suddenly Zuck’s blackmailing for a compromising photo or otherwise requesting Amazon gift cards or Bitcoin to “unlock” the prize or whatever.
“Zuck’s a rich man who owns the platform. He knows what he’s doing. I’d better look into how to do this Bitcoin thing.”
Facebook knows all this and so any Zucks that are not the Zuck get flagged as scammers and have their accounts shut down.