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Originally Posted by DrHitch
Folks,
Just to be clear, the Facebook account for TVFLGuy wasn't "hacked", it was "spoofed".
Hackers create a duplicate FB account under your name in an effort to collect email addresses from your contacts by sending out friend requests.
One thing not yet mentioned here is that you should email (or call) anyone you can think is one of your FB friends. Tell them NOT to reply for a new "friend request".
And yes, only FB support can kill the spoofed account and re-establish yours. Once reset, change your profile picture so your real friends know it's you!
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Thanks - you are correct. First my FB password was very unique with numbers, letters, special characters. No way - easy to guess. Second I have no idea exactly how they "got in" etc etc. I'm always very careful. Must say there have been sevearl people who have tried to "friend" me on FB. Apparently they attempted this after I had made comments on several sites. I have always declined. But somehow this is no doubt how they did it.
Once I saw that my acct had been taken over, I had my sig other add a post to my page - with a warning that it seems to have had be taken over. But before I knew, one of my "friends" made a comment on my FB page about a Mt. Fuji photo that they attached. Then, at some time after he received a Friend request from an unknown - which he declined. So now my spoofed account has that warning post - it seems to have worked.
but grrrrr. Hope FB will delete this account and I can start clean.
Message is - beware. Even being a careful online user can get taken.... Tread carefully, and even then.... grrrr.