How to enter Facebook if the account has been stolen

You never thought it would ever happen to you, yet here you are: your Facebook account has been stolen. But don't give up, the last word has not yet been said! In fact, you may be able to recover your account. In this article we want to explain to you how to enter Facebook if the account has been stolen.

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Reset your password

How to enter Facebook if the account has been stolen


One way to recover your Facebook account is to use the email address or phone number. If the hacker hasn't changed your email address yet, you may be successful. The first thing to do is connect to the Facebook login page, then you will have to tap on Do you forget how to log in to your account ?. Following these two simple steps, you will be prompted to enter theaddress e-mail used to log in to Facebook or the telephone number. At this point, tap on Search. In case you enter the email address, if the hacker has not changed it yet, the procedure will be successful and you will receive an email with a temporary code. If, on the other hand, you want to use your phone number, just enter it instead of the email address and you will receive an SMS that will contain the temporary security code. In both cases you can recover your account by entering this security code in the recovery window; entered the code, you will have to press on Continue. Now you just have to reset your password, taking care not to choose one that is too simple. Our advice is to create one strong password, or composed of at least 8 characters, varying between numbers and letters, of which at least one is capin your lenguagezed.




Change email

How to enter Facebook if the account has been stolen

In case the previous procedure did not help you, you will be forced to change email address. In this case you will have to search for your page on Google, inserting yours name and surname or yours username (the name following the link www.facebook.com/). At this point you will be asked to confirm your email address or phone number and you can check if these have changed or not. In case they have changed, you will have to tap on Can't you access it anymore? This way you can enter a new email address or a new phone number. After pressing on Continue, a new window will open: you will have to tap on Show my trusted contacts and enter the full name of one of them. The verification will then be completed and you will receive an email containing a link that will allow you to change your password and enter the correct email address. An alternative is to insert a New e-mail address, but you will have to prove your identity through documents such as an identity card. By doing so you will receive a new password.


Report the stolen account

How to enter Facebook if the account has been stolen

Don't be fooled by the fact that you were able to log into your Facebook account again. The latter in fact could still be hacked and you may realize this by seeing that you have been sending private messages to your friends with viruses, advertisements, etc. In this case you can report the hacked account to Facebook, which it will remedy by clearing access and deleting messages and posts created after the account breach.


Protect your account

Now we want to advise you how protect your account. The first thing to do is to go in Account settings, Then Safety. At this point, under the heading Active sessions, you can check if there are accesses from devices you do not know. In case that happens, you will have to terminate the suspicious activity e change immediately Password. There is also the possibility of receive notifications when they are executed unauthorized access. You can also enable theaccess approval. We also want to give you one last piece of advice: in case you are on unsecured PCs, ask for one momentary password; the latter will be valid only for one access and in this way you will not leave traces of your password on the PC in question.

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