Today's Lesson Learned
@Nakitakona (56302)
Philippines
May 22, 2019 5:14am CST
My FB account was logged in by someone who is 226 kilometers away from my place. That is 140.43 miles. And the origin is in another city in another island and region. This is what I discovered from my latest activity in FB.
How did it happen?
I remember I replied to a messenger message of unknown person. Before I did, the FB messenger warned me that once I replied that person could make a call to me, access my profile, photos and friends. I ignored it for I presumed he is a teacher wanted to join my FB page for teachers and school administrators.
After I did reply to him, I went back to my FB account. To my dismay, the FB asked my password. I asked myself why, for I didn't log out yet from FB. I didn't do anything. I had referred this to you fellow myLot users.
I evaluated your helpful suggestions. I didn't create a new account. Instead, I logged in using my present password. Once I accessed it, I right away change my password.
Now, I learned a lesson. Do not trust unknown person using FB messenger to text you.
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10 responses
@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
22 May 19
He didn't change it. I think what he wanted to do is phishing.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
22 May 19
I already recover it just a couple of hours ago.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
22 May 19
I think only one thing is sure, you logged into a site that looks like FB and or thought that it was FB but was not, change your password asap before he can access your contacts and steal your identity, good luck.
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@psanasangma (5884)
• India
22 May 19
Glad to hear. Congratulation, Avoid responding to unknown messenger's user and link, url etc. Always keep strong password
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
22 May 19
My password is strong. He wanted only to access my personal data and everything for phishing.
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
23 May 19
@Nakitakona It is better to be careful on social media, they are not at all protecting their users.
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
23 May 19
@Nakitakona facebook is such an insecure site.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
23 May 19
@LadyDuck Yap, Now I have a lesson. I should be extra careful then.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
24 May 19
I learned that lesson also. The internet is tricky.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
27 May 19
@Nakitakona .......Because it gives the bad guys a lot more chance to invade or spaces and steal from us.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
28 May 19
@celticeagle You're right. I am over confident and I never had a second thought. It's a lesson for me to be extra careful not to trust unless I know the person.
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@everwonderwhy (6697)
•
21 Jun 19
It's just so annoying when these foolish jobless people do that!
I'm glad it's all fixed. Thanks for the warning.
