I just got an email that my FB account has been frozen, that someone other than me from somewhere else tried to use my FB account from elsewhere, or maybe I used another device such as a mobile phone or different device from a location OTHER THAN WHERE MY COMPUTER IS LOCATED. Have any of you FB users ever had this happen? I tried to get on to my page and sure enough, it is blocked by the FB folks...with a page that shows up as though I never had a FB page at all. How strange!
Mimi.last summer someone from Italy tried to access my facebook account(incidently I am Italian,what a coinsidence), facebook advised me how to straighten it out,I think all it took was to change my password.
Can't speak to your specifics, but whenever you get an e-mail from ANYONE - facebook, bank, ebay, paypal, etc, etc. NEVER click on any link in the e-mail. Always open yoru browser and go directly to the source to address any alleged problem. Most of the time these emails are "phishing" - trying to get you to click their link which will land you on a page that looks identical to the real one - so they can get you to enter your id and password.
I finally got on, and as yhouniey had to, I had to re do my password. The skunk was from a town in TX near Dallas. The creep. And said creep used a mobile phone...or mobile device.
FB said to change all other accounts where such as this one, where I may have used that same password...so a word to the wise...log off FB when you are finished, don't just click off to someplace else...
A very important lesson is to also never use the same password for important sites. When someone breaks into on account of yours they will then try all sorts of accounts using the same email and password. Nothing like coming home to an empty bank account. Use the same password for unimportant sites but do get a password manager to create difficult to break passwords and to manage them for you. Know one can remember passwords any more.
The message I got actually came from FB team..alerting me that they froze my account which they did because of a security issue...when I checked it out it turned out to be some evildoer in TX trying to use my FB account...or trying to post on it. There has been some doofus from around those parts wanting me to "friend" him and I said ignore and FB said they would stop sending those notifications..so I suspect that is who it was but can't prove it. By the way, I only post pics of cats as you know. I don't like it when people post a pic of me in theirs and I have said as much. I do not do any banking on line nor anything else. I visit only 3 or 4 sites that require a sign in..I don't wander around the internet much in that way, I am not part of chat groups other than this one and one other. The rest is research in genealogy. I changed my passwords. Will do that with my email as well. Otherwise all bills are paid by snail mail...bank statements come by snail mail..I have never trusted the internet for on line banking I don't care how easy it is supposed to be nor how much easier it is said to make you life....when I travel I always double pay my bill in advance and have never had a problem..usually I end up with a credit...
Mimi - make sure your FB account is set so a search will not show up your account. Mine is that way and even though someone not my friend puts my name in the search, it will not show up (not suppose to anyway).
Same thing happened to me 2 weeks ago. Someone from Georgia tried to access my FB account. All I had to do was change my password. Strange it's happening to so many of us?
What I'm wondering is, what is the angle? I mean, there are probably weirdos who would just hack other people's accounts for the heck of it, but it seems more likely that the point is to obtain information. This is probably another good reason NOT to have your birthdate or city of birth even in your FB data, because those tend to be bits of info people sometimes want in order to steal identities, hack bank accounts and such.
I don't have any perosonal information on my page...and I suggest if you do put something in, do like our grandson has, he is only 15 but makes himself appear as someone in their 20s and married...
If you go to 'privacy settings' under account, you will see option. Click on 'how you connect'. That is where you can set you can find you. If you set them to 'friends' only people already your friend can type your name in search and find you. I have the first two 'friends' only, the second two anyone can send me an email or friend request.
you can click on timeline and tagging to adjust who can tag you, where it is shown, etc.
People make automated attackers on FB and other accounts. Most people use the same passwords while thinking they are being original. The 6th most common password is "monkey". So an attacker can start with common passwords, then dictionary words and things that people think are clever, such as substituting a "$" for "s". A lot of work has gone into analyzing passwords and anything that isn't purely random numbers and letters and symbols can be broken. Remember, people are using machines that can try thousands of passwords a second. Also, when ever putting backup questions, such as name of first school you attended, never use a real answer, create an answer that has nothing to do with the question. These backup questions are a bad idea because they lower security.
Why would someone want to break into your FB account? One reason is to get information to be used in identity fraud. Also, once they get your FB password there is a good chance that you use that password for everything else and will break into your other accounts. They may use your account to con someone else. Or they may be jerks, I know of someone who had his Apple account hacked, Anazon hacked and MacBook wiped all because some jerks wanted to use his Twitter account to post racists remarks. They targeted him because he has a 3 letter Twitter account. There was no monetary profit and they didn't know him.
I you take precautions the online world is safer than the person making minimum wage how takes your credit card when you order food at a restaurant.
I'm sure all of us, computer professionals included, have had someone try to use something illegally at some time in the past twenty years. My credit card was stolen in Prague, and it was touching, all the guy bought before I had it cancelled was about $100 at a department store. I have gotten mail from most of my friends (or so it seemed), FB OR OTHERWISE, saying hey I am a cute chick who likes sexy men.
Changing the password is essential - BUT: when you use online banking sites, you see the padlock down on the left of your browser, and your transaction is SAFE. Those aren't the sites that are hacked. They are safe. But FB is NOT locked, and it is very popular. Like Windows computers getting far more viruses than anything else, FB is "where the users are" so the likelihood that something will get hacked is greater.
Wow what a lot of great information. I went ahead and changed the password on all the accounts I visit on line...like this one, genealogy etc. I don't use the computer for on line banking...and I don't use debit cards either...just don't trust it. I have always looked for the padlock on websites.
How were you able to connect to the FB team directly? They blocked my uploading video's because I accidently uploaded a copyrighted one of President Regan telling a joke. I can't find where to contact them to get it lifted.
My experience is that it is impossible to get someone at FB to talk with you. When my son's account was cancelled with no explanation it was impossible to find out why. No contact information. The instructions given to appeal were worthless. I finally got a person when someone provided a secret email address to me. I wrote and the FB response is that they refuse to provide any personal service and go to use forums for help from other users.
What do you expect for free?
We never had the account reinstated. FB is considered so uncool he had no interest in setting up a new account.
If it wasn't for FB I wouldn't have found out that my best friend growing up was going to have surgery. I called him up the day before surgery. He was dead a week later due to a reaction to a medication (the surgery went fine). Thanks to FB I got to have that last conversation with him.
I have had request from some people to join our FB group - unless I know you from here, I send emails via FB to everyone asking to verify they are a spouse. If you want to join us, please respond because I won't add you until I know.
I love FB. I have found a whole bunch of cousins from Canada, reconnected with friends from high school, college and from places I have lived and worked. And I have made some very good friends from Charlotte's group.
A friend of mine recently was notified that someone tried to hack her FB account from outside the U.S. I don't believe her access was frozen; she only had to change her password.
They "freeze" your account until you verify where you were when your account was hacked. This happened to me last week or 10 days ago and when I clicked the link it ended up being some boob from TX...so I had to change my pass word and there was also a comment that when you leave FB Log Off.