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Nightmare trying to recover hacked Facebook account

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Post by Nathans220 »

I have tried everything and only get a generic response from facebook, my account was hacked 11/04/24 via cookie hijack I downloaded a virus which tried to hack most of my accounts saved on google password manager. The response I get from facebook "

Hi,

We are unable to provide access based on the information provided in the report. If you are still experiencing trouble logging into your account, we recommend reviewing our self-help resources for Facebook and Instagram and using the self-help recovery flows:"

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Post by heartag »

Getting a human to help is impossible at Facebook, and it's on purpose. I lost $200 to a scammer on Marketplace, and the only recourse was to go through my credit card company.

... Don't buy things on Marketplace that offer shipping. The seller will give you a real tracking number to an unrelated package with the same zip code destination, which means it is much harder to claim that the package never arrived to you.

Re: Nightmare trying to recover hacked Facebook account

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Post by Nathans220 »

heartag wrote: post #3

Getting a human to help is impossible at Facebook, and it's on purpose. I lost $200 to a scammer on Marketplace, and the only recourse was to go through my credit card company. ... Don't buy things on Marketplace that offer shipping. The seller will give you a real tracking number to an unrelated package with the same zip code destination, which means it is much harder to claim that the package never arrived to you.

Yes I got scammed €60 a while ago for an xbox the person litterly didnt ship anything at that was it but this is in relation to my hacked account, im in the process of trying a subject data request for my information I heard on reddit forums it can get your account back if your in the EU. fingers crossed.
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