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Post by nonuffin on Apr 6, 2019 18:58:22 GMT
I simply HATE facebook with every fibre of my being at the moment.
I have had my old account hacked and facebook makes a simple task into a complete nightmare. First I knew was a message to say my dormant account has been re-activated, then a series of password reset requests. FB sends an unlock code which goes to my current email address as well as to an email address I last used in 2009, which has been hacked by someone in the USA. So, me and the hacker get the same reset code and it just goes on and on and on.
Don't ask me how, but I managed to find a help page that asks security questions to get back into your account. I am asked to name my "friends" whose pictures I get to see, but I don't recognise any of them at all. Been round that loop a dozen times as well.
Some more stumbling about and I find a page that wants documentary proof like a marriage certificate, passport or driving license, which I duly scan and send. In return I get a link sent to an email address that isn't registered with FB which contains a secret password that the hacker is unable to see and this FUCKING LINK DOES NOT WORK!!!!!! Tried to reply to that email and it is being ignored and sent the same scan of my driving licence 3 times more but they too are being ignored.
Anyone got a gun I can borrow to shoot myself??
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2019 19:02:40 GMT
You're scanning things like driving licences and passports and sending them "somewhere"? Wow.... Personally I wouldn't be doing that, you're just asking for other stuff to be hacked...
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Post by Bigman80 on Apr 6, 2019 19:02:46 GMT
I’m not a big facebooker so I may be less invested in it, but I’d probably open a new account and notify friends of the issue.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2019 19:41:53 GMT
Sounds like you just gave some dodgy character a whole new ID.
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Post by nonuffin on Apr 7, 2019 10:11:04 GMT
All I actually want is to log in and delete the entire account and I have to jump through these ridiculous hoops that FB have devised. If only they had a chat line, phone number or email address to actually communicate with. The internet is a wonderful system for not communicating and that poses all sorts of issues for the future.
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Post by macca on Apr 7, 2019 10:16:47 GMT
All I actually want is to log in and delete the entire account and I have to jump through these ridiculous hoops that FB have devised. If only they had a chat line, phone number or email address to actually communicate with. The internet is a wonderful system for not communicating and that poses all sorts of issues for the future. That would mean they would have to employ an army of people to man them. How many billion facebook users are there? That would eat into their profits quite a bit I suspect. Awful thing facebook. Possibly the most tragic thing that has ever happened to the human race. |
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Post by nonuffin on Apr 7, 2019 14:21:27 GMT
All I actually want is to log in and delete the entire account and I have to jump through these ridiculous hoops that FB have devised. If only they had a chat line, phone number or email address to actually communicate with. The internet is a wonderful system for not communicating and that poses all sorts of issues for the future. Awful thing facebook. Possibly the most tragic thing that has ever happened to the human race. Never a truer word said Martin. Biggest waste of time and space on the planet. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Apr 7, 2019 15:03:05 GMT
It has its good points. I follow a couple of charities on there and it’s a great platform for them to raise funds. It’s also a great source of posts on Westies.Then there’s Shane’s Facebook group.
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Post by nonuffin on May 3, 2019 14:39:08 GMT
I have finally (hopefully) managed to boot out the hackers from my FB account.
After an endless procession of resetting the password, sending an image of my driving licence and giving FB an email address for contacting me on, I decided more bt accident than judgement to create another new email address solely for recieving this magic new password from FB. And it worked.
Once I had full access to the account I deleted the email address I used back in 2004 which the hackers were using and touch wood, had no more password reset notifications.
HOO fuckin RAY!
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Post by macca on May 3, 2019 17:23:19 GMT
Nothing's easy anymore. I was on the 'phone to India for an hour this morning to do something that should have taken 2 minutes tops.
Still at least you got it sorted.
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Post by antonio on May 4, 2019 5:02:22 GMT
Well done nonuffin.
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