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Geek Culture / Facebook hacking on my mum's account...please help :(

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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 17:33 Edited at: 8th Jul 2011 18:46
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Guys I know this probably stupid but I'm at the point where I could snap this freak's neck and watch them drown in their own pool of blood.

A few weeks ago my mum noticed strange activity on her Facebook and we checked it out on recent activity, and to our surprise no suspicious IP was there. However, now they've completely taken over her account and has changed her relationship status, friends, DoB and profile picture and my mum can't access her email either.

I'm on the brink of killing the turd because my mum also had her phone on there and they stole £15 from it last week. I set up phone passcode security (asks for confirmation when you sign in) and a HTTPS server, yet still FA. Not I'm deciding to either take up hacking and hack their sorry butt or ask for more useful advice from you lot, seeing you're all the brains.

Her account is Gaynor Carling. The hacked details now are a cat picture, Single, 16th May 1975 DoB and 50 odd friends and half of which we don't know. Here are what I want please:

-Anyone on Facebook, could you please report the account so Facebook actually realises it.
-Someone to help me track the IP on her account without signing in on there.
-Hack her account
-Help me to get her email back

My questions arising are:
-If the hacker replies to an email I send, would I be able to track the IP?
-Is there a way to get the IP via Facebook without signing in?
-If you delete your account on Facebook, if you sign in during the time limit before it deletes your account does it cancel it?

I SERIOUSLY need help guys, I've already had a go at my friends on Facebook. I can't trust half of them but I don't want to lose trust in you guys either.

Please help.

-SSG

Sorry all for my furious departure a while ago (well, almost 8 months xD) after deep thought I have decided to return.

I apologise to those I offended.
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Indicium
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 17:35
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You need to contact facebook and her email provider.

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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 17:37
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I can't contact Facebook because there is no contact for them. And I'm gonna do the email my way and get them to reply to something if they do and get their sorry IP and send it to Virgin.

I'm not really wanting the pacifist approach, I want this person to regret what they have done :/.

-SSG

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BatVink
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 17:52
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As upset and angry as you may be, that doesn't allow you to break the rules of this board. Swearing, even if you're attempting to disguise it is not allowed.

Furthermore - and I know this will anger you further but please see the logic in this as someone who has been hacked - this could be anybody's account, and you could be asking people to hack and break the law on your behalf.

So please find another means of pursuing this, and bear in mind if you say you can't trust your friends, don't put your trust in complete strangers!

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xplosys
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 18:04
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Dude. It's FaceBook. You act like your life depends on it.

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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 18:07
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Sorry BatVink, I'm just so vented at this guy :/. I've managed to access my mum's emails and we've got the IP and location of the hacker and I dunno if our ISP will actually do anything .

We've managed to get partial control of her account AND we got the hacker's email too. Now all we need is a way to get them under the ISP spotlight .

And I had a bit of a mood swing too back then so I kinda lost trust in everyone and almost got to the point of just ceasing communications with everyone .

Sorry.

-SSG

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BlackFox
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 18:15
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Quote: "Dude. It's FaceBook. You act like your life depends on it."


You forget the generation, Brian. Life without social media is like a fish out of water.

I wonder how we survived all those years without Facebook or even the Internet...

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bitJericho
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 18:18
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make sure you don't use your personal email

Also, any respectable hacker won't reply. Or will reply with falsified headers to troll you.

The only way to resolve this is through facebook and law enforcement.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 18:46
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Ok, first of all it's stupid to post your phone number on FB. I yelled at my gf for that when she acted surprised by annoying callers.


Quote: "If the hacker replies to an email I send, would I be able to track the IP?"

No, not unless FB provided it to you. (and yes they do track it)

Quote: "-If you delete your account on Facebook, if you sign in during the time limit before it deletes your account does it cancel it?"

No, a deleted account is deleted.

I didn't see you state anywhere specifically, but I'm guessing she can't access her email account and that's why you haven't done a password reset?


If you view your mom's profile, there is a link at the bottom that says "Report/Block This Person". Click on that and the first option in the popup says "This is my profile, but I no longer have access to it". Then go from there. And I'm not positive on this, but if her phone number was listed in FB, she might be able to have a reset code sent to her phone.

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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 19:00
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It's all sorted as I managed to get into her emails and get the IP, email name of the hacker so if they try again we can report them.

Thanks all, and I'm sorry I vented out my anger here, I've got a well-deserved slap for it.

Lucky she has a son who has some forms of advanced computer knowledge .

Thanks all and sorry.

-SSG

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Quik
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 19:54
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Quote: "Swearing, even if you're attempting to disguise it is not allowed."


so youre saying that me saying "shoe" instead of (isert swearing here) is not allowed?

and for the record, I am a man.

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Posted: 9th Jul 2011 00:40 Edited at: 9th Jul 2011 00:41
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Quote: "I'm on the brink of killing the turd because my mum also had her phone on there and they stole £15 from it last week. "


I'm genuinely curious as to how you have your phone on facebook? If you mean she had her phone number on there, I'm even more curious as how they managed to 'steal' money from that.

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Grog Grueslayer
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@ Thraxas:

I was thinking the same thing. Did they call the phone collect costing her 15 euro or did they demand 15 euro from her?

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Quik
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Posted: 9th Jul 2011 01:33
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*picks up phone*
*calls number*
I WANT 15 EURO NOW!!!!!!

that sounds pretty desperate if you ask me lol

and for the record, I am a man.

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Jeku
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Posted: 9th Jul 2011 02:33
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All these people who complain about hacked emails and hacked Facebook accounts most likely have the most ridiculously simple passwords. When will everyone start using mixed case, punctuation, and numbers/letters? I never have these problems... ever.

And I don't know why you didn't just do a password reset when you finally got into your mom's email. And how did you even get into your mom's email if the "hacker" got in and changed the password? This all sounds fishy to me.


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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 9th Jul 2011 03:06
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Quote: "All these people who complain about hacked emails and hacked Facebook accounts most likely have the most ridiculously simple passwords."


Yeah it's sad... 123456 as a password used to be safe from everybody but The Count.



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Fatal Berserker
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Posted: 9th Jul 2011 08:18
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Quote: "I wonder how we survived all those years without Facebook or even the Internet..."

You make it sound like everyone from this internet generation is addicted to the service...
I myself and i know many friends at my age group and from this generation dont give a flying, about it.

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RedneckRambo
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Posted: 9th Jul 2011 08:25
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Quote: "You make it sound like everyone from this internet generation is addicted to the service..."

Did you read the OP's post lol? He made it sound like it was a life or death situation. Shoot, he lost all trust in his friends and family because of it.

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Posted: 9th Jul 2011 10:56
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Quote: " I managed to get into her emails and get the IP, email name of the hacker"


How is accessing her email giving you the IP and name of the 'hacker'?

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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 9th Jul 2011 14:34
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Quote: "I'm even more curious as how they managed to 'steal' money from that."


She had it on some Facebook Credits thing, she plays half the games on there .

Quote: "How is accessing her email giving you the IP and name of the 'hacker'?"


Well...
1). Tried to access her email buy going to "Forgot Password" and "My account has been compromised"
2). On the list of emails we had my dad's one AND the hacker's email. 1 of 2
3).. Got into her email and saw a "Login from device 'e' on Facebook".
4). Viewed that and saw the IP and location (Fb automatically does that) 2 of 2

From what I know they haven't tried again but I have credentials ready for my ISP if they try again .

-SSG

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Quote: " I have credentials ready for my ISP if they try again "


It's nothing to do with your ISP, why would they care?

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They can let the hacker's ISP know otherwise I'll find another way .

-SSG

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