It seems I have a Facebook account I didn't know about

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Captain Brillo
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It seems I have a Facebook account I didn't know about

#1 Post by Captain Brillo »

One of the emails I have must have been used by someone else years ago - I've only had it for about a year.
I keep getting emails from FB people - and the "unsubscribe" button doesn't work.

When I tried to login, I got told that someone else was trying to login recently, and I needed to prove my ID. With a photo. Which they've never had ever.

Until I do that, I can't get in and delete this account, nor stop the emails. And what's worse, the email account's filters don't stop these messages - and neither do Thunderbird's.

Am i going to have to give up this email?
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Re: It seems I have a Facebook account I didn't know about

#2 Post by Jerry3904 »

Are you sure it is not phishing? Try clicking on the "Details" link to see the headers.
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Report this to facebook and your email company now for all you know their could be two of you out their..
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Re: It seems I have a Facebook account I didn't know about

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I really can't see how this is related to MX Linux. This thread should be moved to Chat or the like.

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Stevo wrote: Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:36 pm I really can't see how this is related to MX Linux. This thread should be moved to Chat or the like.
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Re: It seems I have a Facebook account I didn't know about

#6 Post by skidoo »

If they chumped you into clicking the "unsubscribe" hyperlink, they've already won. Now they know:

-- it's an active email address (the email wasn't bounced) (and can be added to hotlist(s) sold to other phishers/spammers)
-- the email was, in fact, read by the prospective victim
-- IP address (geolocation) + OS/version (per User-Agent string) of the prospective victim

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Re: It seems I have a Facebook account I didn't know about

#7 Post by Captain Brillo »

skidoo:
doh!

guess I'm dropping that account

(@richb - original post was "supposed" to start - "not sure where to post this' and i must have goofed.)
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