How to Report Identity Theft on Facebook
Facebook is a social-networking site of more than 200 million active users as of May 2009, and it continues to grow. Facebook allows users to create a profile, complete with pictures, links and comments. Users then choose a network of Facebook friends with whom to share this profile. Users have a variety of different privacy settings that allow other users to see less or more of their profile.
If your Facebook account has been hacked--someone has taken control of your Facebook account or "phished"--meaning that someone has sent you an email, message or website that seems authentic and asks for personal information that allows him to steal your identity or your account information you can report these violations through Facebook. Unfortunately, you cannot report hacking or phishing through the iPhone Facebook application as of November 2009.
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Log in to your Facebook account by entering your email address and password into www.facebook.com. If you use the iPhone Facebook application, you should be automatically logged in.
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Click on the "Help" button under the "Settings" tab on the upper right-hand corner of the screen. (It is the tab between your name and "Logout.")
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In the "Help Center," find the section titled "Hacked Accounts and Spam" and click on that link.
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Choose the link that best describes the problem with your account. If you wish to report a friend's account that has been hacked, you can choose that option on this page as well.
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Follow the individualized instructions under the link you have chosen. You might need to change your login email address and password.
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Forward your phishing email--the email in which you disclosed your personal information such as birth date, address or social security number--to spam@uce.gov, the official government email for reporting potential identity theft scams.
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don't click on links saying youve been disabled-their hackers.
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pls I want to close this identification of mine.
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if u get a weired I'm or friend requestb please reported becauseb its not from me.
