Comments on: My Facebook Account Has Been Hacked http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/ A blog about Downtown Jacksonville, Springfield and other urban neighborhoods Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: socialstacy http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-193263 socialstacy Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:20:55 +0000 http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/#comment-193263 This is crazy, I have had a handful of friends go through the same thing...how do people manage to hack into facebook accounts? I really hope that doesn't happen to me! If anyone is looking for a legitimate site for facebook layouts, check out <a href="http://pagerage.com" rel="nofollow">pagerage.com</a>. The download was pretty simple/smooth and they have a great variety of layouts to choose from. Layouts for facebook are becoming a craze just like Myspace but not as busy :) This is crazy, I have had a handful of friends go through the same thing…how do people manage to hack into facebook accounts? I really hope that doesn't happen to me! If anyone is looking for a legitimate site for facebook layouts, check out pagerage.com. The download was pretty simple/smooth and they have a great variety of layouts to choose from. Layouts for facebook are becoming a craze just like Myspace but not as busy :)

]]> By: rama http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-187318 rama Sat, 23 May 2009 10:24:54 +0000 http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/#comment-187318 This is a very comprehensive article on <a href="http://www.fbexpressions.com/blog/index.php/general-facebook-information/how-do-we-ward-off-facebook-impostors/" rel="nofollow"> Facebook Impostors </a>. Indeed, we have to be careful in handling our personal accounts. We just cannot fall victims to these scammers. This is a very comprehensive article on Facebook Impostors
. Indeed, we have to be careful in handling our personal accounts. We just cannot fall victims to these scammers.

]]> By: JasonCDG http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-174984 JasonCDG Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:21:27 +0000 http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/#comment-174984 Looks like the scam has become pretty popular, it's on cnn.com now: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/05/facebook.impostors/index.html Looks like the scam has become pretty popular, it’s on cnn.com now:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/05/facebook.impostors/index.html

]]> By: Marisa http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-174330 Marisa Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:27:01 +0000 http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/#comment-174330 By the way, I had a simple password of six letters. I also have twitter. By the way, I had a simple password of six letters. I also have twitter.

]]> By: Marisa http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-174329 Marisa Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:26:01 +0000 http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/#comment-174329 I first got hacked on yesterday morning. I got the early wake up call from a friend wondering if I needed money in London. She had just been chatting with my hacker on Facebook. I have Facebook on my Blackberry, so I noticed a notification come through for an operamail.com email address a little after that phone call. When I tried to follow the link to dispute it, I was unable to log in to my FB account since the hacker had already changed the email address. I see now that my profile does not show up on FB anymore. I can still fetch my friends' status updates through my Blackberry, but can do nothing else. Hoping to hear back from FB soon. I first got hacked on yesterday morning. I got the early wake up call from a friend wondering if I needed money in London. She had just been chatting with my hacker on Facebook. I have Facebook on my Blackberry, so I noticed a notification come through for an operamail.com email address a little after that phone call. When I tried to follow the link to dispute it, I was unable to log in to my FB account since the hacker had already changed the email address. I see now that my profile does not show up on FB anymore. I can still fetch my friends’ status updates through my Blackberry, but can do nothing else. Hoping to hear back from FB soon.

]]> By: Joey Marchy http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-174046 Joey Marchy Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:15:52 +0000 http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/#comment-174046 John, It took a week, but Facebook re-instated my account. John,

It took a week, but Facebook re-instated my account.

]]> By: John http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-174045 John Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:46:43 +0000 http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/#comment-174045 That happened to me, too, just this morning. Fortunately, I caught it just as it started and was able to keep control of my Facebook page and I believe scared the hacker off. However, after I told Facebook they disabled my account so no clue how long before I get it back. That happened to me, too, just this morning. Fortunately, I caught it just as it started and was able to keep control of my Facebook page and I believe scared the hacker off. However, after I told Facebook they disabled my account so no clue how long before I get it back.

]]> By: Kendra http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-173516 Kendra Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:36:38 +0000 http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/#comment-173516 Help! The same thing happened to me. I couldn't login to my account Thursday afternoon (1/22/2009). My brother-in-law informed me that someone had posted a new email addy on my profile. This was not me. I cannot reset my password b/c it is being sent to the bogus email addy. A friend told me on Friday that he had an entire chat conversation with someone posing as me who claimed I was in london, had been in the hospital, and needed money to settle my hotel bill. What a scam! I feel so violated. I just hope no one falls for the scam. My password was 8 characters and included 3 numbers spaced out in the password. There is no way someone guessed it. I filed a complaint through Facebook's website and also sent an email to abuse@facebook.com, but still haven't heard anything. Help! The same thing happened to me. I couldn’t login to my account Thursday afternoon (1/22/2009). My brother-in-law informed me that someone had posted a new email addy on my profile. This was not me. I cannot reset my password b/c it is being sent to the bogus email addy. A friend told me on Friday that he had an entire chat conversation with someone posing as me who claimed I was in london, had been in the hospital, and needed money to settle my hotel bill. What a scam! I feel so violated. I just hope no one falls for the scam. My password was 8 characters and included 3 numbers spaced out in the password. There is no way someone guessed it. I filed a complaint through Facebook’s website and also sent an email to abuse@facebook.com, but still haven’t heard anything.

]]> By: S http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-173231 S Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:56:04 +0000 http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/#comment-173231 So far I've gone 10 days without a fix from Facebook. A week ago I was emailed by Facebook in response to my queries regarding how to regain access to my account. They asked me to answer my secret question, which I did, and then I never heard from them again. I noticed from friends' accounts that my profile has been taken offline and won't turn up in searches, but not a peep from Facebook regarding how to reset my password. Anyone else have any luck? So far I’ve gone 10 days without a fix from Facebook. A week ago I was emailed by Facebook in response to my queries regarding how to regain access to my account. They asked me to answer my secret question, which I did, and then I never heard from them again. I noticed from friends’ accounts that my profile has been taken offline and won’t turn up in searches, but not a peep from Facebook regarding how to reset my password. Anyone else have any luck?

]]> By: wadester16 http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-172458 wadester16 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:30:34 +0000 http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/01/14/my-facebook-account-has-been-hacked/#comment-172458 Same thing happened to me this morning. I was woken by a friend asking if I was okay. I don't use twitter and my password is 11 characters (#s and letters)! Same story, same BS. I talked to the hacker too, but once I told him who I was, he defriended the account I was using. The hacker changed my registered email address to one at operamail.com, but with the same name as I had at gmail so people would believe it. Therefore when I try to have my password sent to me, it doesn't recognize my email addresses because he removed them. Interestingly, I'm still able to sign on facebook thru the facebook for iPhone app, but that app doesn't allow a user to change personal settings (I was really excited when that worked, but really disappointed when it turned out I couldn't regain control of my account.) How do I fix this!? Same thing happened to me this morning. I was woken by a friend asking if I was okay. I don’t use twitter and my password is 11 characters (#s and letters)! Same story, same BS. I talked to the hacker too, but once I told him who I was, he defriended the account I was using. The hacker changed my registered email address to one at operamail.com, but with the same name as I had at gmail so people would believe it. Therefore when I try to have my password sent to me, it doesn’t recognize my email addresses because he removed them. Interestingly, I’m still able to sign on facebook thru the facebook for iPhone app, but that app doesn’t allow a user to change personal settings (I was really excited when that worked, but really disappointed when it turned out I couldn’t regain control of my account.) How do I fix this!?

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