FB account hacked
By aubrey
@averygirl72 (37845)
Philippines
July 10, 2023 10:45pm CST
My mother's FB account get hack yesterday. I'm not sure what is the mistake made by my mom for that to happen.
It contacted different people or friends of my mother and ask them for money through GCash.
One of our relatives is really annoying because she didn't double check if it is really my mom asking for money. She give 3,600 to the hacker with an unfamiliar GCash account.
Now we will have to pay that relatives for the money she send to the hacker
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11 responses
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
14 Jul 23
I hope we can fix it and don't need to pay the money
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
11 Jul 23
Oh! That sounds terrible. And now you have the obligations to pay your relative back . You don't need to make a mistake to be hacked. Hackers can get into any account. My FB account has been hacked in the past.
. You don't need to make a mistake to be hacked. Hackers can get into any account. My FB account has been hacked in the past.1 person likes this
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
11 Jul 23
I see that is good to know. She really felt bad for doing a mistake which is not her fault
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
15 Jul 23
@averygirl72 I hope that she takes few precautions in the future for it to not let happen again.. it's not possible to make a zero chance but definitely we can reduce the chances of being hacked.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
17 Jul 23
@arunima25 She definitely learn something from this and will take care of using social medias
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
14 Jul 23
Oh no, that is really bad if her account was hacked my father has the same experience. We noticed that he has exactly a duplicate account with all his pictures uploaded to that account. He also started to invite his friend to connect with that false account. What I did was report them to FB that he is imitating my father's account and I believe they remove that account already.
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
19 Jul 23
@averygirl72 I see yesterday I got an email that there is an attempt to change my password but I did request my password to be changed. I checked my account and it still is okay for now.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
19 Jul 23
@rsa101 That is good. It's really a big hassle if your account is hacked
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
17 Jul 23
I think the hacker knows a lot about my mother
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
11 Jul 23
She called but mother miss her call.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
14 Jul 23
She is so annoying. She might get angry if we didn't pay her
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
17 Jul 23
@LadyDuck Maybe she faked it but we have nothing to do but to pay her
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
14 Jul 23
@averygirl72 I am almost sure she faked everything to have money. Did you ask her to prove that she received the request and tried to contact you?
@summerscent (335)
• Philippines
11 Jul 23
It's the hacker's fault. Sorry that it happened. I remembered somebody messaged my mother before borrowing money. My mother was suspicious because that person doesn't usually do that, so she called him. He did not answer the call, but later it was confirmed that it's really the person borrowing. When it comes to money and personal details, I am doubtful to provide information except for online shopping transactions which is required. After your mother's incident, I know something good will happen :).
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
11 Jul 23
It's good to know my youngest sister discovered it because if not the hacker may have called so many contacts and ask for money and we are going to pay them all
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@summerscent (335)
• Philippines
13 Jul 23
@averygirl72 huhuhu, at least it was prevented from spreading further
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
17 Jul 23
I don't know with that relative. She gives money easily to other people
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@wolfgirl569 (106362)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Jul 23
It's not your fault she gave the money without checking.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
14 Jul 23
She check but she didn't wait for my mom to reply
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
17 Jul 23
That's terrible, I am sorry about it, just another reminder that we need to stay safe online
