Please be advised my Facebook account was hacked by a Nigerian group that is using Messenger to solicit phone numbers, email addresses, and cash. They are using AI to simulate my knowledge of common experiences and create chats and video requests. This is not an average hack. I have no control over Facebook or Messenger, and anyone that has Tom Hadden as a friend should immediately block that account including Messenger. Many of you that rode with me, know how to contact me, and if you relied only on Facebook, please feel free to PM me for my real contact info. I will not be back on Facebook. Please be aware Facebook is an automated platform that has no human intervention of any kind to report or recover a criminal, fraudulent account.
Moderators, I put this in the main forum for attention. Please feel free to move it elsewhere. I have had members of this forum that were also Facebook friends contacted by the hackers. Please block, unfriend or otherwise erase from existence any connection to the account now owned by the Nigerian hackers.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:49 pm
by tominca
BTW, please accept my apology for any inconvenience this may have caused, and I hope no one here has fallen victim to the Messenger requests. The only account that is compromised is Facebook, and I can be found if you have my real contact information.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:36 pm
by LKLD
Sorry to hear that,Tom.
I left Facebook some years ago, haven't looked back. The only social media I'm on is this forum, and I'm happy to keep it that way.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
I left Facebook some years ago, haven't looked back. The only social media I'm on is this forum, and I'm happy to keep it that way.
Be sure when you "leave" Facebook that you go nuclear. They have a total wipe option.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:07 am
by BkerChuck
Just went on and unfriended you there. Not personally, just on FB. Thanks for the warnings.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:34 am
by tominca
I no longer have the Facebook or Messenger apps. I don't think I can do a total wipe since I have no access to my old account, none of the recovery methods work and are diverted to the hackers.
Chuck, good move! I'll try to check in here more often.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:49 am
by Bounce
tominca wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:46 pm
Please be advised my Facebook account was hacked by a Nigerian group that is using Messenger to solicit phone numbers, email addresses, and cash. They are using AI to simulate my knowledge of common experiences and create chats and video requests. This is not an average hack. I have no control over Facebook or Messenger, and anyone that has Tom Hadden as a friend should immediately block that account including Messenger. Many of you that rode with me, know how to contact me, and if you relied only on Facebook, please feel free to PM me for my real contact info. I will not be back on Facebook. Please be aware Facebook is an automated platform that has no human intervention of any kind to report or recover a criminal, fraudulent account.
Moderators, I put this in the main forum for attention. Please feel free to move it elsewhere. I have had members of this forum that were also Facebook friends contacted by the hackers. Please block, unfriend or otherwise erase from existence any connection to the account now owned by the Nigerian hackers.
Thanks for the warning. Another reason I don't run their message app on my mobile devices. I leave pm answers for the times I'm on my browser and have more control of the security of the system. It's also why I deleted WhatsApp when FB bought them.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:13 am
by Bugnatr
tominca wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:34 am
I no longer have the Facebook or Messenger apps. I don't think I can do a total wipe since I have no access to my old account, none of the recovery methods work and are diverted to the hackers.
Chuck, good move! I'll try to check in here more often.
Ditto here too, bummer as I did like skunk poking some of your posts
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
I left Facebook some years ago, haven't looked back. The only social media I'm on is this forum, and I'm happy to keep it that way.
Be sure when you "leave" Facebook that you go nuclear. They have a total wipe option.
Yep, that’s what I did. If I remember correctly, it’s been some years ago, FB will give you 30 days to get all of your photos and stuff, or for you to reconsider, then they wipe your account…or so they say. Using my wife’s account, I can’t find my old account.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2023 11:18 pm
by extrememarine
This is still active - they just attempted to call me via FB messenger...
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:14 am
by Festus
I'm not a FB poster, but from listening to other people I know, who have been hacked, it's not that difficult to get your account back. There's a way to tell FB your account is hacked and you just have to prove you are you and they'll reset everything. Even if you have no intention of going back on FB, it would prevent them from using your name/account for the future if you took control of it. You could certainly get control back and then delete the entire account. That's probably a better option than letting it run for years with your name on it.
If you need help doing that, speak up and we'll find you the right tools to take it back.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:43 am
by tominca
There is no email or human contact that can be contacted at Facebook. If anyone knows different, please let me know. I was made aware of many friends contacted by the hackers over the last couple days. At least I got to hear from some people I haven;t heard from in quite a while including Brandon. They are relentless. Block my old Facebook account.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Go there, there is a link that says "visit this page". Follow that. You can get it back. I have a family member that got it back. You just have to go through some steps to prove you are you. Seems like a pain, but it's better to go through the steps and then get the account back and delete the account than leave it out there to spam trash for eternity.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:28 am
by Bounce
Festus wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:14 am
I'm not a FB poster, but from listening to other people I know, who have been hacked, it's not that difficult to get your account back. There's a way to tell FB your account is hacked and you just have to prove you are you and they'll reset everything. Even if you have no intention of going back on FB, it would prevent them from using your name/account for the future if you took control of it. You could certainly get control back and then delete the entire account. That's probably a better option than letting it run for years with your name on it.
If you need help doing that, speak up and we'll find you the right tools to take it back.
My brother's FB account has set dormant for years after a concerted effort just to get his PW reset. There is NO human so, if your auto-resolution bot doesn't work when dealing with AT&T, expect this to be worse.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:54 am
by Festus
There are humans, you can submit your ID to them and they'll verify it and you'll get your account back. Happens all the time. There have been times when you can and can't get to humans. Not sure where we are in that process, but they have a decent recover account process that seems to work.
Have y'all been through that process and it not worked?
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:14 pm
by tominca
Festus, I have been through the automated process many times. All of my identifying information has been deleted by the hackers and replaced with their own. If there was a human to contact, I could show them the notification I got that a source in Nigeria had changed my password, phone, email and deleted all of the original ones.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:28 pm
by Festus
Have you been through the process where you show them your ID?
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:32 pm
by Festus
You've done the following?
Careful, the guy explaining it might be the same guy that hacked your account
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 5:41 pm
by tominca
Thanks Festus. I had not found the way to send an ID to Facebook for verification. Hopefully that works.
Re: Facebook Account for Tom Hadden Hacked and Dangerous
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 5:47 pm
by tominca
I have control of my account back. Now I have many apologies to send and requests to unblock me. Festus, you're a treasure!
