This happened to my mom right in front of me about a month ago. She randomly got a message from someone she didn't know saying her request to connect on Messenger had been approved. She did not try to connect to this person. Within a minute, it said she had successfully sent them $200! We tried to cancel but it went through too quickly. This happened on the computer, so I took a pic with my phone. Within 3 minutes from when they were connected on Messenger, everything was gone. There was no message to this person anymore!

Since Facebook has linked up with PayPal, we disputed this payment with both and the claim was denied! We then took it up with the bank, who also denied it. They all three claimed it didn't seem like "unusual activity" since money has been sent through Messenger before. The money that was sent before was a donation of $50 while we were surrounded by crazy wildfires. Never has a large sum of money been sent to an individual. I'm planning on leaving this review on PayPal as well as the bank, in hopes I can be connected to someone who has gone through this and successfully disputed it.

email from Facebook:
we are sorry for what happened but we don't anything about this payment.

email from the bank:
Hello,...
we didn't notice any unusual activity with your bank account, we'd advise you to connect Facebook and inquire about what happened.

Don't ever link up your PayPal with Facebook, they will steal your money.

While surfing on Facebook, a friend of yours messages you and after exchanging pleasantries, about health, family, work, etc, they bring up a topic about new and easy ways of making money. The offers seem real and tempting where you learn that you might get even up to $50,000.00, in the first attempt. You are eager to learn and you keep chatting with them until they are able to persuade you to click a link that will scam you out of your earnings!
Surprising, you might know that the person you have been chatting with is not your friend but a scammer who has copied your friend's Facebook page to look real. They have also been able to copy the list of friends to try and get money out of all of you.

Always protect your Facebook account details, list of friends and who can view your news posts. This does not prevent you from enjoying the features on Facebook in any way. However, it makes it possible for you to feel more secure and for your friends to avoid worrying that when you talk to them, it might be a scammer, with an account like your, trying to cheat them of their money. When you suspect that your friends account has been impersonated, letting them know and reporting the matter to Facebook administrators will save a lot.

My facebook account was suddenly unavailable and when i tried to login they asked me to wait for a confirmation code on my phone number.
I never received this confirmation number and tried many times to contact Facebook support, then they asked me to confirm my identity by uploading my id (passport).
Unfortunately after following all the steps they asked me to do , my facebook account is still available , but am still receiving notifications from facebook about what s going on with my contact on my email adress.

Facebook is doing this to oblige people to open additional accounts, please be careful about your privacy and pictures you are sharing.

Asking for confidential bank details with photograph to send prize taking name of respectable company facebook.com.

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