One good idea is to decline their friend request. They go away and stop bothering you. Problem solved. But of course that leaves them free to scam other people, not all of whom will spot them for scammers. So I like to zap them, hurt their business, waste their time and make them feel like dirt. Hey, not all heroes wear capes. You want to know how? Okay, go to their profile, and tell Facebook that they are fake accounts. Mr and Mrs Facebook have got much better at deleting fake accounts in the last month or two, probably because they have had adverse publicity. Click on the More menu - the circle with three dots Select Give feedback or report this profile Press the button marked Fake Account, and SEND Click Submit to Facebook for review Tick the box marked "I believe this goes against Facebook's Community standards" (I'm pretty sure that trying to scam me out of a $200 iTunes card is against community standards) ...