Facebook Account for Tom Hadden RECOVERED
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Facebook Account for Tom Hadden RECOVERED
Please be advised my Facebook account was hacked by a Nigerian group that is using Messenger to solicit phone numbers, email addresses, and cash. They are using AI to simulate my knowledge of common experiences and create chats and video requests. This is not an average hack. I have no control over Facebook or Messenger, and anyone that has Tom Hadden as a friend should immediately block that account including Messenger. Many of you that rode with me, know how to contact me, and if you relied only on Facebook, please feel free to PM me for my real contact info. I will not be back on Facebook. Please be aware Facebook is an automated platform that has no human intervention of any kind to report or recover a criminal, fraudulent account.
Moderators, I put this in the main forum for attention. Please feel free to move it elsewhere. I have had members of this forum that were also Facebook friends contacted by the hackers. Please block, unfriend or otherwise erase from existence any connection to the account now owned by the Nigerian hackers.
Moderators, I put this in the main forum for attention. Please feel free to move it elsewhere. I have had members of this forum that were also Facebook friends contacted by the hackers. Please block, unfriend or otherwise erase from existence any connection to the account now owned by the Nigerian hackers.
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BTW, please accept my apology for any inconvenience this may have caused, and I hope no one here has fallen victim to the Messenger requests. The only account that is compromised is Facebook, and I can be found if you have my real contact information.
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Sorry to hear that,Tom.
I left Facebook some years ago, haven't looked back. The only social media I'm on is this forum, and I'm happy to keep it that way.
I left Facebook some years ago, haven't looked back. The only social media I'm on is this forum, and I'm happy to keep it that way.
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Be sure when you "leave" Facebook that you go nuclear. They have a total wipe option.
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Just went on and unfriended you there. Not personally, just on FB. Thanks for the warnings.
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I no longer have the Facebook or Messenger apps. I don't think I can do a total wipe since I have no access to my old account, none of the recovery methods work and are diverted to the hackers.
Chuck, good move! I'll try to check in here more often.
Chuck, good move! I'll try to check in here more often.
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Thanks for the warning. Another reason I don't run their message app on my mobile devices. I leave pm answers for the times I'm on my browser and have more control of the security of the system. It's also why I deleted WhatsApp when FB bought them.tominca wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:46 pm Please be advised my Facebook account was hacked by a Nigerian group that is using Messenger to solicit phone numbers, email addresses, and cash. They are using AI to simulate my knowledge of common experiences and create chats and video requests. This is not an average hack. I have no control over Facebook or Messenger, and anyone that has Tom Hadden as a friend should immediately block that account including Messenger. Many of you that rode with me, know how to contact me, and if you relied only on Facebook, please feel free to PM me for my real contact info. I will not be back on Facebook. Please be aware Facebook is an automated platform that has no human intervention of any kind to report or recover a criminal, fraudulent account.
Moderators, I put this in the main forum for attention. Please feel free to move it elsewhere. I have had members of this forum that were also Facebook friends contacted by the hackers. Please block, unfriend or otherwise erase from existence any connection to the account now owned by the Nigerian hackers.
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Ditto here too, bummer as I did like skunk poking some of your posts
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Yep, that’s what I did. If I remember correctly, it’s been some years ago, FB will give you 30 days to get all of your photos and stuff, or for you to reconsider, then they wipe your account…or so they say. Using my wife’s account, I can’t find my old account.
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This is still active - they just attempted to call me via FB messenger...
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I'm not a FB poster, but from listening to other people I know, who have been hacked, it's not that difficult to get your account back. There's a way to tell FB your account is hacked and you just have to prove you are you and they'll reset everything. Even if you have no intention of going back on FB, it would prevent them from using your name/account for the future if you took control of it. You could certainly get control back and then delete the entire account. That's probably a better option than letting it run for years with your name on it.
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There is no email or human contact that can be contacted at Facebook. If anyone knows different, please let me know. I was made aware of many friends contacted by the hackers over the last couple days. At least I got to hear from some people I haven;t heard from in quite a while including Brandon. They are relentless. Block my old Facebook account.
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https://www.facebook.com/help/203305893040179
Go there, there is a link that says "visit this page". Follow that. You can get it back. I have a family member that got it back. You just have to go through some steps to prove you are you. Seems like a pain, but it's better to go through the steps and then get the account back and delete the account than leave it out there to spam trash for eternity.
Go there, there is a link that says "visit this page". Follow that. You can get it back. I have a family member that got it back. You just have to go through some steps to prove you are you. Seems like a pain, but it's better to go through the steps and then get the account back and delete the account than leave it out there to spam trash for eternity.
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My brother's FB account has set dormant for years after a concerted effort just to get his PW reset. There is NO human so, if your auto-resolution bot doesn't work when dealing with AT&T, expect this to be worse.Festus wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:14 am I'm not a FB poster, but from listening to other people I know, who have been hacked, it's not that difficult to get your account back. There's a way to tell FB your account is hacked and you just have to prove you are you and they'll reset everything. Even if you have no intention of going back on FB, it would prevent them from using your name/account for the future if you took control of it. You could certainly get control back and then delete the entire account. That's probably a better option than letting it run for years with your name on it.
If you need help doing that, speak up and we'll find you the right tools to take it back.
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There are humans, you can submit your ID to them and they'll verify it and you'll get your account back. Happens all the time. There have been times when you can and can't get to humans. Not sure where we are in that process, but they have a decent recover account process that seems to work.
Have y'all been through that process and it not worked?
Have y'all been through that process and it not worked?
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Festus, I have been through the automated process many times. All of my identifying information has been deleted by the hackers and replaced with their own. If there was a human to contact, I could show them the notification I got that a source in Nigeria had changed my password, phone, email and deleted all of the original ones.
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Have you been through the process where you show them your ID?
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You've done the following?
Careful, the guy explaining it might be the same guy that hacked your account
Careful, the guy explaining it might be the same guy that hacked your account
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Thanks Festus. I had not found the way to send an ID to Facebook for verification. Hopefully that works.
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I have control of my account back. Now I have many apologies to send and requests to unblock me. Festus, you're a treasure!
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