A hacker took my friends fb account
By Jellybelly
@CookieMonster46 (13447)
United States
June 21, 2018 7:56pm CST
My friend won an amazon gift card in a contest , she messaged the page and the owner told her that sha had already sent her the amazon code.
So we looked and when they announced winners, someone took her profile picture, made an account with her name and took the prize.
My friend is out of a prize , the page owner can’t do a thing about it.amazon can’t take the prize back.
Most prizes that are given on fb will message you privately now, instead of announcing the winner. This is to avoid a clone acct by a theif.
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8 responses
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
22 Jun 18
I don't trust most giveaways on facebook. Not because they aren't legitimate but because they require steps that essentially take your privacy away. Like, Comment, Share. Sure that seems okay enough but then it allows for things like the above to happen.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
22 Jun 18
Yes I won’t enter those I do mostly sweepstakes, I dont like sharing or tagging for the contests.
@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
22 Jun 18
The contest page should have verified carefully.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@CookieMonster46 Yes I understand, but the contest winner should have contacted directly from person holding the contest. Instead of the winner contacting the page.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
24 Jun 18
@infatuatedbby most do it that way , others do not.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
22 Jun 18
Well when the winner responded with my friends name the page owner gave to the imposter.
@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
24 Jun 18
The fake acct has been reported but fb still hasn’t removed it.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
24 Jun 18
@CookieMonster46 Facebook is not very good in taking care of those matters.
@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
24 Jun 18
The hacker did and used my friends pictures.
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
22 Jun 18
that's sad. I don't like giveaways that have you like, or share. I had done a few and I always regretted it.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
22 Jun 18
Wow, those little thieves are getting bold arent they, can't trust anyone. Sorry she didn't get her prize
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
22 Jun 18
Wow that's pretty bad--the bad guys are waiting around every corner! How sad for your friend.
