My Facebook account has been hacked, and I can&#39;t contact Facebook to fix it or delete my account!

rebelann1949

@rebelann (113008)

• El Paso, Texas

31 Aug 21

Bummer. I guess they've become a joke these days. EDIT: YEEEHAAA, I found a phone # but I don't know if it will help (650) 308-7300

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 21

@rebelann Where did you find it? I worry that it's some scam artist who will help you out "for a small fee."

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 21

Thanks. I did already try all of the "help" features. Heh."Help." Like Facebook cares about its users.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137961)

• India

31 Aug 21

May be you can open a new account just so that you can contact FB and have your other account deleted or revived.

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 21

Thanks. That's what I did.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137961)

• India

1 Sep 21

@TheHorse Good. Did you get your old account back?

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Sep 21

@allknowing No.

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rsa101

@rsa101 (38166)

• Philippines

31 Aug 21

Oh no sorry to hear about your FB page getting hacked and used by others. The only thing you could do is have your friends notified and have them report to FB so that they will act on it. I do not know if that one that you did will work but it might.

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rsa101

@rsa101 (38166)

• Philippines

1 Sep 21

@TheHorse yep there are no guarantees on it. Just do it as regularly as possible and show them evidences that you own it. Plus with your friends helping you report it might just be convince fb to believe you.

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Sep 21

@rsa101 I hope some of my friends report the issue. I also hope that the hackers don't post weird sh*t" on my account. One of my guitar students today told me that the hackers are active at UC Berkeley right now as well (she works in IT there).

@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 21

I created a "new" account with a new name and notified them of the issue. Will they act on it? Who knows.

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allen0187

@allen0187 (58582)

• Philippines

31 Aug 21

Sorry to hear about this. Hope you are able to get your FB account back.

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allen0187

@allen0187 (58582)

• Philippines

1 Sep 21

@TheHorse might need to start a new one then.

@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Sep 21

Thank you. I'm not banking on it.

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https://www.techgyd.com/contact-facebook-directly/6579/#:~:text=Contact%20Facebook%20By%20Phone%20Call.%20Facebook%20customer%20

LindaOH

@LindaOHio (182154)

• United States

31 Aug 21

Yes. Maybe this page will help:

www.techgyd.com

https://www.techgyd.com/contact-facebook-directly/6579/#:~:text=Contact%20Facebook%20By%20Phone%20Call.%20Facebook%20customer%20care,sure%20to%20add%20international%20calling%20code%20for%20U.S.

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Report Compromised Account

@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 21

Tried the number but got hung up on.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (182154)

• United States

1 Sep 21

@TheHorse Sorry. Try the other options as well. Good luck!

Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54402)

• United States

31 Aug 21

First - this is the link to regain access to your FB account I suspect I am not here long enough (roughly 3 years give or take) to know if that story is true. but it is very interesting

www.facebook.com

Unsupported BrowserYou're using a browser that isn't supported by Facebook, so we've redirected you to a simpler version to give you the best experience. facebookReport Compromised AccountIf you believe your account has been compromised by another person o

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Sep 21

I just hope I can delete my account so the Russians or Chinese (or Trump) can't post weird stuff there.

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Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54402)

• United States

1 Sep 21

@TheHorse sorry about that - there is nothing more frustrating.

BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (47713)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

31 Aug 21

It wasn't me! I tried to friend you a while back but you never responded. Guess there's no point now.

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 21

I guess I'll have to let this account go. Facebook was a powerful force for many years.

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 21

I wonder why I never responded. I didn't use Facebook that often.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (71967)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

31 Aug 21

Just let your friends know. Ask a friend to report your account as hacked/stolen, and ensure they give the correct e-mail in which to contact you. Same thing happened to a friend of mine, but the hacker was stupid enough to change her password before changing her e-mail. And, I had to do the same for her.

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 21

I'm not sure what was done in my case. It saddens me that a fairly large company like Facebook allows you now way to contact them. I'm contacting my lawyer.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37384)

• Toccoa, Georgia

1 Sep 21

How would it been hacked I wonder? I have an idea for you. Create a new account, then search for your hacked account and report it. Anybody on MyLot who are friends on the hacked account need to report it. If enough of you report it, it could then be put in Facebook jail for awhile then it could be taken down.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37384)

• Toccoa, Georgia

1 Sep 21

@TheHorse That's good. I really hope the hacked account gets deleted.

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Sep 21

@LeaPea2417 We shall see.

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Sep 21

That's basically what I've been doing. I created another account, requested that the original account be fixed or deleted, and I hope to ask a friend or two to "report" the hacked account as well.

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Greg

@xander6464 (44434)

• Wapello, Iowa

31 Aug 21

Davenport is a small city??? Excuse me? Since when is a population of 101,724 small???? SanFransisco has some suburbs that aren't even that big!

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Greg

@xander6464 (44434)

• Wapello, Iowa

31 Aug 21

@TheHorse I don't know you ever became Governor Of Iowa but I'm glad you did it. We really need to talk about my Iowa tax refunds.

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 21

Since I moved to the Bay Area.

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 21

@xander6464 Now I'm going to have to check the populations of the most throbbing cities in my other "adopted" state, Montana. We have Bullings. We have Great Falls. And then there are the college towns: Missoula and Bozeman. HUGE!

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108380)

• Marion, Ohio

31 Aug 21

Hope you get it figured out. I have never had a problem.

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 21

I never had before either.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (80884)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

31 Aug 21

Here is my recent story. I am not sure if my FB account was totally hacked or how this all happens, What I know is that someone kept sending friend requests to my friends who were asking me what was happening. I told them just to delete the request. Then one friend sent a link and it was to a fictitious account that had my profile photo but none of the posts I usually make, So I blocked that profile and that worked and then one friend reported this and now it seems that all is well again, However, I could always keep getting into Facebook and never had an issue with my password or anything else, I hope you get your account figured out,

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@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 21

I get fictitious friend requests from people I am already friends with all of the time. I just delete them.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (342277)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Aug 21

Although I rarely use FB, somehow I ended up with two accounts. When I tried to delete one, it deleted both but I had three weeks or whatever to change my mind. So now I still have two accounts!! And still rarely use it. Good luck with sorting out your problems.

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Report Compromised Account

@TheHorse (220439)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 21

If I disappear into the ether, it's OK with me. I wonder what happned with that company.

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adek

@adeprafir (75)

• Indonesia

31 Aug 21

Sorry to hear about that. Must be scary. I left FB years ago, so I didnt really know how to deal with hacker I hope this link can be a little help,

www.facebook.com

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