Facebook’s Suspicious Login Tracking
This is kind of old news, but I’ve only recently become acquainted with Facebook’s tracking of suspicious logins. If you only use a couple of devices, or haven’t traveled around much, you may not have seen come across these recent security additions to the authentication mechanism.
When logging in to Facebook, the site looks up the last location you logged in from (by geolocating the IP address), and compares it to a list of ‘known’ locations. If the location the user is logging in from is beyond a certain ‘distance threshold’ from the known locations, the user will be challenged. There are two types of challenges that can be chosen; the first is to recognise friends based on their picture (a solution I find both elegant and effective); the second is to answer a pre-set security question. If the user fails both of these challenges (I did… go figure), they have to wait an hour before trying again.
The next time you successfully log in, you will be alerted to any recent suspicious login attempts, complete with a geolocated map of that attempt’s location (see screenshot).
This feature has been added to Facebook’s authentication mechanism, and is thus on by default for all accounts. There is another feature however, that is not on by default, but is also interesting. You can set Facebook to notify you whenever a new computer or mobile device is used to log in to your account. This setting is found under Account Settings -> Account Security -> Login Notifications.
Thought this would be of interest to anyone looking to further secure their use of Facebook. Check out their full blog post about these features.
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The same thing just happened to my FB account, and I’ve followed the steps so far until reaching the geolocation map of the suspicious IP that attempted to log in.
I have clicked the “I don’t recognize” button multiple times but I get no response at all, it’s like the page just hangs. Is it supposed to take that long? I’ve waited over 5 minutes for the next page/step to display, but nothing. What gives??
HI Raul,
This definitely isn’t normal. The page should refresh almost instantly. You may want to consider contacting Facebook security if you are still not able to complete the process.
In any case, I recommend going into your Account Settings > Account Security, ending all other active sessions, and changing your password.
I just recently had a suspicious login activity from Hanoi, Vietnam! I live in California. When I logged in, they showed me the map of that suspicious location, and I then changed my password. Does this mean that someone successfully logged into my facebook from that distant location, or does it just mean that attempted?
Is it also necessary to change my password? I liked my old password. If someone did know my password, the only significant person info they would have is my email and birthdate.
Hi Kobe,
I think it your case it was just an attempted login. If it was a successful login, you wouldn’t have known, unless you had Login Notifications turned on, in which case it would’ve just told you.
It probably wasn’t strictly necessary to change your password, although with anything relating to account logins and credentials, it never hurts to change your password (hopefully to something more secure – ie. not your birthdate ;). People get far too attached to passwords they ‘like’.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for the response SJ. I turned on my login notifications now.
Do you have any idea as to how this person found my account? Or is this just a random act? I find the particular suspicious location very interesting since I am Vietnamese but I was born here in California…
the last 4 days I have changed my password over 5 times because of this, I also changed my email address, this thing is driving me crazy. I get this message almost every time I login. so what to do now? is someone trying to access my account or do i have problems with my pc. the logins were in periods of the day i wasn’t trying to access. is it possible to have your password stolen not even 12 hours after changing it??? i dont get. i have logged in only from my comp. and the other question is, if someone is really trying to access my account, how dd they get to my email address. nobody knows it. i changed it yesterday from my home pc. what can i do??
Hi lady32,
Getting a notification each time you login is strange. Only reason I can think is because you could be coming from a different IP each time? Probably not if you’re on ADSL. If you’re getting notifications even when you’re not trying to login, and after having changed your password, you could potentially have some malware that’s stealing your email/password.
Try changing your password on another trusted computer (hopefully clean), and don’t login on your usual computer. Wait a couple days and see if the suspicious logins continue. If they don’t, you could have an issue on your computer. You can also try contacting Facebook to see if their security team can help.
Hope this helps!
Thank you very much for answering so quickly.
Every time i have changed password or email i did it from my home pc. I dont know, actually this started to happen after i formated it (is this the word) . I made a general scan from eset smart security ( from the one instaled on my pc and online. Nothing. I think the problem is that my account doesn’t recognize a known location from me. The thing is, i get it almost every time i login, ” u are trying to access from a location we’re not familiar with”. so ok, maybe its the ip change, but what about the logins in times of the day i havent even tried? is this time thing absolutely correct? Ah and please how can i contact facebook if this situation goes on? Thanks again
It is indeed unusual that you’re getting login notifications even when you’re not trying. Like I said, you can try using another machine for a few days and see if that changes anything. Contacting Facebook security isn’t easy… but I recommend looking around on their security pages: http://www.facebook.com/security#!/security?v=wall
someone tried to hack mine for the third time and this time they were busted cause I turn on the saftey feature
Hi Andrew,
I’m not sure you can get back to that suspicious login page. The only other page that is useful is the Active Sessions page: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=security§ion=sessions&t
Hope this helps.
I logged to find someone had attempted to access my account from another unknown computer. I showed me a map and it turned out to be someone known to me. I need to get back to the page that shows the location of the IP address. Is this possible and if so how?
Thanks, That shows the current Sessions location. The unknown user did not manage to ligin but made an attempt. Thank you for your quick reply.
Andrew Dolan
So, will I see the message about attempted access to my account from an unknown computer (with the map) if they type in my email and a wrong password once or do they actually have to get beyond the email and password portion of the login. Also, will facebook let me know if someone tries repeatedly to login with the correct email and wrong password?
Hi Marco,
I believe you will get the ‘suspicious login’ page with the map only if they successfully log in. I don’t think you’ll see that page if someone is trying incorrect passwords for your account. If you do see that page and you don’t recognise the login (ie. you were on holiday somewhere at the time), I recommend changing your Facebook password. Make sure you choose a strong password! :)
SJ– Thanks! I appreciate the info. I haven’t seen the map with the suspicious login but my wife had that come up once shortly after she added the notification choice to her settings. Needless to say, she changed her password. Sad that people have time to try and hack into someone else’s facebook account.
Hi Jason,
To be more accurate, it’s not strictly geolocation that Facebook is doing, inasmuch that it doesn’t actually use GPS or WiFi location. It’s determining the user’s location based on their IP address, which means that in many cases it’s a rough estimate. That said, these days IP address locations can be very accurate, and most will at least point to the correct city. There are exceptions to this rule where you find that your IP address actually points to a town nearby (which might be where your ISP is situated).
Unfortunately, Facebook doesn’t divulge the suspicious IP, so you can’t follow up on it. In your case, I would assume the location is correct and go from there. You can try contacting Facebook to obtain the suspicious IP, but not sure whether they’ll divulge that information (even though it was accessing your account).
Best of luck!
SJ
Marco. I had this happen today. I looked at the map given to me, and the location of the person who tried to log in as me is in my state, in fact not far from my current home location. This is relevant because my laptop was stolen in a burglary 2 weeks ago. So you might know the answer to my question, maybe not, but I’ll ask anyway. The Facebook security feature uses Geolocation to map the log-in attempt, which I understand is not very accurate, however, I believe the person trying to log-in is trying to do so from my stolen laptop, which would make it reasonable to believe that the location given to me is accurate (in my state and barely a city over) Could this position on the map Facebook is giving me be the correct general location?
is there a way to track who has been logging into my fb account? almost daily, in my security settings/”active session” notations, it indicates an iphone user has logged onto my account. i do not have an iphone. i end the session, of course, but they eventually log back in. i have changed my password and cannot imagine who is accessing my account. i’ve registered my cell phone and home computer as identified “known devices” along with “login notifications” being enabled. i have never been contacted when this unknown device accesses my account, i just see it listed as an “active session”. besides initiating the “log in approval” option, is there a way to find out the identity of the iphone owner??…i would love to figure out who this person is!!
How about mobile? sometime i notice there’s suspicious location get through my account using iphone. I’m using iphone too. is it because of router IP?
Hi. I have an issue that my facebook status shows me to be in a totally different state. I have followed the facebook security procedure to delete the location from my security active sessions and I have changed my password but still when I post a status it shows me to be in a different state. I have repeated the procedure several times but still I am logged in a session from a different state. Can you advise me how to disconnect from the offensive location and get back to where I should be? Thanks!
Hi Denice,
This is not entirely uncommon. Sometimes the IP address provided by your ISP (for whatever reason), is actually associated with a different location. Either that or the GeoLocation database that Facebook are using doesn’t have the correct location.
You’ve taken all the correct steps so I doubt anything suspicious is going on. I can only suggest to contact Facebook about it if you’re still worried.
Having issues with my facebook DROID. Saying I am active in a different state, sometimes as many as 3I states. Im not anywhere near there. I have taken the necessary steps to stop the sessions. Does it mean they got in or not?
Ok, so my little sister doesn’t have the best sense when it comes to things but she actually told me about her trying to hack her ex-girlfriend’s Facebook. Not sure why she told me, but she did and now ‘m worried she’s going to get caught/face charges.
She said she knew the ex’s e-mail address but not the password to the e-mail account or her Facebook. She attempted to do the reset FB password by saying she no longer had access to the addresses on file. She typed in a new e-mail account and it asked for a new password but I guess it never actually reset? She said it brought up the security questions and she ended up answering them correctly right (I have no idea how she got this info) but she said never got an e-mail at the new address and it never actually went through with changing her password so basically she never had a successful login? She didn’t use those words but she did say she never actually got in the account.
So, I’m wondering..is her poor ex getting all kinds of notifications that someone TRIED to login to her account and it failed or would she have only gotten a notification had my sister actually gotten into the account successfully? I’ve pretty much given her hell about this situation and how wrong it was, but am trying to figure out how deep the mess actually is. Thanks in advance for feedback.
Hi, is there a way to view the history of the failed geolocated attempts after a successful login? I got that screen but didnt think much of it coz it was probably a glitch but then i found out someone’s trying to get inside my twitter too so im thinking its the same person and i want to find out who. Thanks
when im logged to facebook on my iphone through wifi which is a static ip address, on my active sessions it tells me each time i have accessed it even though the ip address hasnt changed and i havent logged in or out on my device, i have only accessed it from my app which is permantly logged in, so why does it keep saying ive logged in?
How do I delete the time I was last active in my mobile messenger app?
Everyone keeps dismissing the change in locations of logins and just waves it away saying its just IP address or location services a bit off. But even if it is, and its not people in a different state on the other side of the continent, then what’s the actual point of it all if its not accurate? Because in the end, I don’t know who or where the login originated. So it could be hackers, or it could be just us
Most of the time it is actually fairly accurate. One giveaway to keep an eye on is the browser and OS that the suspicious login is using. If you only use Macs or iOS devices and the login is from a Windows device, then chances are there’s something suspicious going on.
hi – how long does facebook keep a list of the active sessions it shows? does it clear it at some time? is there a way for it to not log where your last session was so someone else who logs into your account can see where you were?
can i get like a map were i have logged into my fbook account from, i know use to i found a map showing where i was logged in at , now i cant find it ,, anyone know where to find it at ?
None of this is helpful. I got paranoid when any number of sessions seemed to be active all the time (up to 16 at one point). Paranoid, I went searching for help. After I learned how to set the text notifications, got security code protected, and changed my password 5 times, I STILL get notified that I am allegedly logged in from Hallsville, TX and Sugarloaf, PA. Occasionally it’s another random place I have never been to. I have never gotten any password codes texted to my mobile that I did not initiate when occasionally logging in from another computer. If it were really someone else, who has to go through the verification process, I should be getting texts with the login codes, right?
Tonight, there were 3 “sessions open”. One for sure was my home computer and the other two were TX and PA again. I knew I was logged in from my home laptop and my mobile. I disconnected the active sessions except for my home session, and then logged in from my cellphone, while watching the security settings screen on my laptop. Bingo. As soon as I logged in on my phone, TWO sessions opened simultaneously from Hallsville, TX. (Does Verizon route my signal through other states? I am in Oregon). I closed FB on my phone, then closed one of those TX sessions, and opened FB on my phone.. No change, I was still logged in on my phone. I closed the other one. As soon as I refreshed the page on my mobile, I was sent back to the login screen.
My only guess is that wherever your cellphone provider routes your signal is where you appear to be logged in from. I have no clue why it would be someplace out of state or even worse, out of the country as some of you have mentioned. Or why TWO would open when I only have one cellphone. Sigh. So, now what? Stop worrying because I pretty much proved I’m not being hacked? Or get more frustrated that this system is NOT accurate, so I will always have to be paranoid??
Please Complete a Security Check
Please choose one of the following methods to confirm your identity:
Identify photos of friends (hourly limit exceeded)
I need help. plz dont show thing this on my facebook plz
Every time I log into my Facebook on a computer it show that an unrecognized device tried to log in to my account. I’m in Colorado and shows that I’m in Mount Laurel, NJ. It tells me that it’s based off of the computers IP address. My husband and I have had this computer since March of 2011 and it just started this the beginning of this year. Even after changing my password 4 times and ending “All Activity” it still shows up. I just changed my password today, and when I logged into my phone the message came up. But when I looked on the computer it showed the active session being where I am now. What can I do to stop this from happening?
The NSA is being given access to all accounts and the active sessions you see are data collection points. Your ISP is illegally giving them that access which is why they keep coming back after password changes. They don’t need your password. But don’t worry, comrades! If you aren’t hiding anything you have nothing too fear! Unless you attempt to practice freedom of speech incorrectly, or you happen to be acquainted with someone who doesn’t agree with the government, or if they happen to make a mistake and flag you as a troublemaker. Shhhh go back to playing Candy Crush.
Someone apparently tried to hack my facebook account. I changed my password and did a virus scan on my computer. The weird thing is that now when I log in I get a notification that asks me if it’s me logging in, which is fine. It IS me BUT it is not the location I currently am. Can anyone explain this or know how I can fix it? Also, my home page (msn) now shows the weather from this other location which I find odd and spooky. Is anyone able to help me or explain this? I’d really appreciate it.
Hi Dyana,
The same exact thing that you mentioned happened to me . Thank you for sharing. It shows Mt Laurel NJ for my active sessions also. What a concidence . I am relieved knowing Im not the only one seeing this under active sessions.
It says i am logged in from
Current Session
Location: Mount Laurel, NJ, US (Approximate)
Device Type: Firefox on Windows 7
No matter what I do, everything I cannot end the session and password change has no effect. many other people have the same re-route through this monitoring sub-contractor. Facebook will not help or answer help questions at all either. It is time to get to the bottom of this for once and for all. Serious breach and Facebook security controls are missing, or disabled. I am in Illinois.
My Facebook and also my husbands Facebook shows that our accounts were accessed or there was attempts to access on 12/12 and also 12/13. Ironically, my family members received harassing phone calls on these dates from my husbands ex wifes family member. My question is, this family member lives in Titusville Florida, but it shows that the attempted access to our Facebook accounts was from Fort Meyers Florida. Can someone attempt an access but the location shown be off somewhat? One of the attempts was in Ky, a couple of hours away from where another family member lives. We live in Ky and haven’t been any where near the locations that came up on our Facebook accounts. This hasn’t happened to us before. Our anniversary is on 12/12. We’re having a hard time believing that these were coincidences. Thanks for your help!
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Yep….showed Mt. Laurel, NJ & I am on the other side of the country. Very disturbing. I set up the code/notification & 30 min. later or less, the Mt. Laurel loc. came up again & I was able to block it.
Comcast offices are in Mt. Laurel, NJ. The IP may be connected if you use their service.
Maybe that explains why the FB app forever goes to a black screen then to my home page & if posting, all is lost. So I connect thru FB a lot thru google.
We do use Comcast & I was on wi-fi. Most of the locations that show a connection are 20 min. away. Why not closer, like a family member’s connection in town is odd, but she has a newer phone.
It was really odd to be on FB & then get a notification that someone in Mt. Laurel is trying to connect. I’ll keep an eye on this. Thanks! :)
My Facebook and also my husbands Facebook shows that our accounts were accessed or there was attempts to access on 12/12 and also 12/13. Ironically, my family members received harassing phone calls on these dates from my husbands ex wifes family member. My question is, this family member lives in Titusville Florida, but it shows that the attempted access to our Facebook accounts was from Fort Meyers Florida. Can someone attempt an access but the location shown be off somewhat? One of the attempts was in Ky, a couple of hours away from where another family member lives. We live in Ky and haven’t been any where near the locations that came up on our Facebook accounts. This hasn’t happened to us before. Our anniversary is on 12/12. We’re having a hard time believing that these were coincidences. Thanks for your help!
My Facebook and also my husbands Facebook shows that our accounts were accessed or there was attempts to access on 12/12 and also 12/13. Ironically, my family members received harassing phone calls on these dates from my husbands ex wifes family member. My question is, this family member lives in Titusville Florida, but it shows that the attempted access to our Facebook accounts was from Fort Meyers Florida. Can someone attempt an access but the location shown be off somewhat? One of the attempts was in Ky, a couple of hours away from where another family member lives. We live in Ky and haven’t been any where near the locations that came up on our Facebook accounts. This hasn’t happened to us before. Our anniversary is on 12/12. We’re having a hard time believing that these were coincidences. Thanks for your help!
This is a repost…in hopes that someone can help. Thanks again!
i recently traveled and have been challenged with a security ? i have never set to start with ? any input would help? thanks !
Need this protection
I received for around about 8 years constantly somebody changing my email adress aswell as my facebook name, the passwords also. I am been stalking by maliciously emails and unknown ghostfaces for my facebook like the two of my childern. Messages had been send to my childdrn and other family’s it accounts, prending that it is me sending it. For this moment are there three facebookaccounts on which I only have access to one because I can not enter with my password. The same happen with the other accounts. There was programs like Aurora Browsing, cd cloning and card cloning that I did not download at anytime. Different cellphonenumbers was on the one pc, for calling numbers bringing me incontact with people I did not phone. For instants if I call my husband my calls had been diverted to his co-workers. Can anybody help me, I do have virus proramming in tacked and ubdated.
on my ipad on the main FB settings its coming up with someone else name, I couldn’t change the password here, so did it on my main computer thinking this would solve the problem. When I went to post some photos from my ipad onto the FB, its asking me for this other persons password, and on my ipad settings, its not allowing me to change the password, so I am unable to post anything. By going into FB another way I am able to get onto my FB page, but that’s it. I don’t know what to do as I have tried everything to get rid of this persons name.
Has anyone had this problem before, and knows what to do.
Just started using the new FB messenger in March. One evening a friend had sent me a fairly long message I read it then went out for about 45m came home reopened my messages and that message was now just 4 lines. I wondered about my sanity if I had imagined the longer message~ after thinking about it (previous to this I also had noticed slight changes in an email that I had sent that weren’t things I wouldve said and spelling errors, to the same person) I sent her a message asking if it had been longer. She copy/pasted the original msg and no I wasn’t losing my marbles BUT this meant that on her side/view the message was still all there unaltered. This is a newer friend who lives in UK and other msg things have happened and I’m pretty sure she now thinks I’m a complete crackerjack because I’ve asked her a few x’s now about messages and if they were original etc. ANYWAYS this caused my head to really start spinning as to who & WHY would alter messages? ?? A few weeks later I was still trying to figure out the who/why so as a test I sent a message to a different friend (who now she too probably thinks I’m overly paranoid or plain ol’ crazy) in the test message I also said I was alarmed about the invasion of privacy and that I was going to take it to the authorities. Guess what?! Poof!! Shortly after sending that message the message that had been shortened to 4 lines suddenly went back to the original version~ evidence gone!!! This meant that it wasn’t a computer program changing my messages but a person! !!!
So now I’m fairly concerned as to who/why BUT ALSO have messages that I’ve sent been altered?? but I wouldn’t know because my side can look the same/original but recievers is altered. The friend in UK is an online friend who doesn’t know me personally and I’m guessing she thinks I’m nuts.
*ps~ if comment above was truly from Edward Snowden ~ just want to tell you I think you are extraordinarily brave and thankyou for your sacrifices. I’m surprised tthat people aren’t outraged by what you disclosed to us and from reading above posts there is ALOT of privacy invasion going on and its not just computer programs doing the reading and storage of citizens emails, messages, activities etc but actual people who obviously have no conscience and must be REALLY bored and malcontent to be choosing average citizens messages to read and then changing the messages (my experience) I know it sounds trivial but this has honestly caused me ALOT of stress and sleeplessness. WHY WOULD SOMEONE CHOOSE ME to read what I assumed would b private messages AND ALTER THEM. Have they altered my sent messages???…….
i want 2 to use my this email id but when cofirm it by my own mobile number it says my mobile number was already use for another account n i never did at last my email id was block wat should i do now in that case? but i want my own id
I think this app is useful
It just happen to me last night. Said someone from Iraq was trying to log into my account
Dear all!
I am facing a huge security issue and would very much appreciate an explainig answer!
One of my friends whom I was in contact with during my late holidays abroad told me that she got a notification, that there was an attempt to access her Facebook Account from a Computer that was identified as being exactly at my abroad location.
I had precedently unfortunately deactivated my anti-virus application for performance Reasons, established a vpn-Tunnel to my Network back at home through the abroad-places wifi which is secured with a very low Safety password as well as opened a link to a website, that she had Sent me via a Facebook message. Also, the Facebook Messenger App on my mobile phone asked for authentication via my phone Nummer the next day.
My question is:
1. since i haven’t been trying to log in myself (not knowing her login or password anyways) – is it possible, that such attempts are due to Security issues (be it malware, virus or an Actual hacking Attack) on my, on her or on both computers or are there any other possible reasons?
2. what measures should we take to protect us from any privacy and Security violation in the Future? (I have Changed my password, have not Restarted my Laptop Here yet and have considered reinstalling it from zero once i get back home!)
Thank you for your quick and kind advice!
The same thing just happened to my FB account, and I’ve followed the steps so far until reaching the geolocation map of the suspicious IP that attempted to log in.
I have clicked the “I don’t recognize” button multiple times but I get no response at all, it’s like the page just hangs. Is it supposed to take that long? I’ve waited over 5 minutes for the next page/step to display, but nothing. What gives??
Raul Y
You cannot remove the User, because it is a FaceBook user (Admin) logged in. If you have the “Messenger App” you gave FB permission to ‘access your phone 24/7.’ If you have given FB permission via ‘any other app,’ go back and read the ‘permissions.’ They are REQUIRING that all clients of FB ‘give FB permission to access your phones 24/7.’ Just a heads up.
I WILL NOT BE INSTALLING THE FACEBOOK MESSENGER APP!
In case you are wondering why, this is what the app “REQUIRES” from you.
You have to grant access to your device’s;
1. contacts
2. microphone
3. stored photos
4. videos
5. SMS messages
6. location
7. text editing
If you dont understand what any of this means, here is a brief summary. It can ‘make/receive calls’ on your behalf, without your knowledge (you get charged for it).
It has 24/7 access to your microphone whether you are in-call or not, giving FB permission to access any ‘conversation private or public.’ FB has the ability to ‘take any photos that you might have (or not have yet) off your phone and use it ‘for/against you.’ It can record live video feed 24/7 as often as they will, to see what you are doing ‘daily.’ FB is ‘granted permission (by the user of the app)’ to read your texts, send texts, on your behalf. That means (per se) if someone from FB commits a crime, that could implement you for the crime (frame you). FB has 100% permission to track your whereabouts 24/7 (you are literally being Cyber-Stalked). FB also has the permission to ‘edit your texts before it makes it to your contacts.’ A simple “hi, how are you,’ could become a sadistic “I will kill you.’ And why not? YOU GAVE THEM THAT PERMISSION MORON! So, I will not ‘open myself up for Cyber-Attack, or Cyber-Frame up,’ instead, I will be returning back to ‘Gmail,’ or ‘Postal’ or you can stop being lazy and just call me. This APP needs to be REMOVED, and FB needs to be FINED for this security Breech. Spread the word, and SHARE!
Someone tried to log into my account from unknown server. I am unable to get past the login page.
Can anyone help me? Someone tried to log into my account from unknown server. I am unable to get past the login page.
Can anyone help me? Someone tried to log into my account from unknown server. I am unable to get past the login page
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this ID has been locked for the
last 5 days.. even after
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My facebook fan pages have been linked to the account and
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I have been asked to go through a security check and I just made my account within less than 24 hours and already made 200 something friends . I was asked to identify them by looking at their pictures and choosing one of the choices of the FB names and identify them that why . Unfortunately, I didn’t pass it and I already reached the hourly limit . So I waited an hour and it continued to say that . And then I waited for a couple more hours and it still didn’t change and let me attempt to identify the Facebook friends again . What do I do with that issue ? And on top of that I have given them different forms of identifications and I still haven’t been notified yet . This is my facebook account that I own and I have no idea why I had to go through a security check , I wasn’t notified . I will wait 24 hours but what if they still will not give me the opportunity to try the identifying friends security check again even tho I only did it once ?
So this guy that I am talking to told me he lives in the UK , but when I gave him my password to help me log in , the message I get that he is logging in from Malaya in the Asian content . How is that possible?
plz tell me is there any option to know the last login details of a second persons Facebook account??? I don’t want his personal details but his login details only ….
What if u have many active sessions opened of same location and device
I also cant long into my account i just only try to know that will i get my account back
I got this message after I tried to message my friend about a post so I copied and pasted the post to message my friend on Facebook but instead I was blocked and got this message.
Sent Failed
It looks like you’re posting something that many other people are posting as well and our systems detected that someone else might have had access to your account
We’ve prevented your action from going through to protect you but sadly we’re not perfect. We apologize the inconvenience if this was something you were trying to post.
What is this about? I am now worried that someone else is spying on me since no one saw this message before.
My FB account has been taken over- literally by at least one person- if not more. I am literally sharing the account and a faceless person comes up on my phone when I log into my FB. On my work computer and home computer he has my ISP’s and is in my entire systems. My FB has been in various states and cities. I have send many print screens to FB help and had none. There is no one to advise, no voice to voice, you are screwed with no recourse. This guy is only “letting” me see about 6 peoples notifications on the newsfeed- and about once a week it will release and I may see/read what is out there. Honestly? Find a social media that is user friendly and helpful.
If your fb account has been stolen is possible that it still remains open on your fb application in the phone? Because I dont have access in my pc to my fb account but in the phone is still open
Every time I change my password on Facebook I get a message that someone changes your password from Herndon, VA, US but I don’t live there I live in California why its is telling me its been changes around Virginia?
I get logged in notifications when I sign in from my phone from the Internet and when I go to activityIt shows the date time and my phone but it’s telling me that the address or location is in Texas which I do not live so I don’t know if this person is hacking my account or how do I change the city and state that my is linked With?? It happens all the time I have changed my security levels and passwords several times and changed from public to friends of friends or is there nothing I can do about this?? All so where can I find the other folder??? People tell me to look at the other folder and I can’t find it anywhere
Thank you please help!!
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Hello.
is there a way to track who has been logging into an fb account? If so, could it be possible that an FB Account (not mine) logging activity can be tracked down to its location. The user uses iphone mobile data and wifi during his logging activity. is there a way to find out the identity of the iphone owner??…i would love to figure out this matter.
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I had an account with facebook since 2011, then someone did something, but after logging in too many times I could not get it back so I open a new account, now same thing is happening again and I can’t get into my facebook account says my phone number is already used. PLEASE HELP ME GET BACK IN I CAN’T & DON’T WANT A THIRD ACCOUNT..All my friends and family are upset now that I lost my first account after so many yrs.& I am a bit more upset for real… I have a sister & niece who passed this yr. and kept the old account just so I could read they post to me, now I wish I had deleted it, then maybe this wouldn’t be happening..i just want either account back..can you help me PLEASE??? Thank you
Hi I want to know when I get a sms like someone logged my account from unknown browser does he or she really accessed my acc? Or I just got alarmed? I did changed my password & turned on login alerts but still someone is using it what should I do?
If a person logs to facebook in a network with some id, how to know the user id of that account
Is there a way to look at old unsuccessful login attempts? I was curious to see the location of one of the attempts?
Some one in my previous team used my password to access my account to click LIKE 6/7 times under Ratchaprasong News which I did not do but not as a member of admin group which is only one, how can I track who it is. It happened today
I change my password, but it keep telling me
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i cant long in my facebook account because i was told that We noticed some suspicious activity on your account that needs to be reviewed. Until then, you won’t be able to access things like your News Feed or messages. Learn More about why your account might be disabled. please how many days should i wait for me to reactive my account because i dont no what happend
i cant long in my facebook account because i was told that We noticed some suspicious activity on your account that needs to be reviewed. Until then, you won’t be able to access things like your News Feed or messages. Learn More about why your account might be disabled. please how many days should i wait for me to reactive my account because i dont no what happend
Two Facebook accounts for Denis Wilan one living in OK same guy in FL Doesn;t Facebook check false info?
My husband logged into his Facebook today on his laptop using a public Wi-Fi and received a notification that he logged on in a different city and then a different notification that he logged on in the city that we’re in. Now, he keeps the notification that he’s logged in in another city every couple of minutes. Even after he replies that it’s not him and goes into settings and logs out of anything that’s logged in and changes passwords. He’s already changed his password about 10 times and still gets the notification he’s logged in again in another city. What do we do?
when I look at login history, it shows i was logged in from an iPad. I don’t own one but i do a iPhone 7. the ip address looks the same. is this just an error on Facebook? Also it showed i was logged in a few hundred miles away once, is that because of cellular activity or something or was i hacked? i wasn’t notified of a suspicious login nor did i receive the 2 step verification code text
Hia everyone. Last night I saw an unknwon device log in on in my log in jiatory. This morning I have deleted it from my Ipad and it automatically has logged out from my phone. I saw it. And then required a security code. How this could be? Does it mean it was an error? And they just did not recognize my phone?
i was on my facebook and it told me i logged in in paris and in london places i have never been and this didn’t happen for me?
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Yes he may try to access it in los Angeles but they will show florida in it
I just realized that the problem I was having with Facebook on my iPhone, iPad, and Mac laptop was that you can only be logged in on any TWO devices at once.
My problem is that when I change the password on one device, then I cannot log in to either of the other two devices.
Does it take a while to recognize the new password on other devices? It tells me when I try to log in to the second device that it’s the wrong password and asks me to change it. I don’t want to change it AGAIN because then I have to start all over on all three devices.
Help!
They’re still doing it. I tried this morning to set up a new business accoutnt. I hit wrong button, was logged out, told to enter the code sent to my phone and then upload a photo. There’s nothing to compare the photo to so I don’t know what good that is. Now I can’t get back in to finish setting up my BUSINESS account so I can pay Facebook for ads. Stupid. I don’t like it but in this day and age how else?
Hi. If I log into messager on my old phone will it notify my new phone..beings I already had it on that one..
I have the messenger app on my phone and have been using it for 8 months but I’ve never used any other device at all, i signed up with my phone and didn’t activate the email until today, i was checking the settings when it showed two sessions, one had my location and device model while the other said “ unknown device” does this mean someone had been spying and reading all my conversations for months? Please help me
Can’t log in now it says I have tried to often to change password to get in, all I want is to get in to my old account that I can’t log in too
I received a notification of an unusual log in and password reset for my Facebook. So, I changed my password for Facebook and for my email. The notification gave me an IP address registered to Charter Communications out of Michigan. So I contacted them about it. They told me the IP Address doesn’t mean anything, and that it could be anyone, anywhere that uses their service. Pretty sure that was a bunch of …. bologna.
What do you do if FB has locked you out of your acct because they said they identified suspicious activity. I had to send them a picture to verify myself, but it has still been hours and I can’t get back in.
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I have deactivated my facebook account because everytime i went to open it in the last week someone has been trying to access it. I have changed my password over 5 times Twice in 1 day. I live in UK and all the attepts came from America, all different places.It was mainly when I was in bed. Dont know how to stop this. Any suggestions.
Hi! I got recently accused of logging into my girlfriend’s account. I accidentally tapped a notification which required me to login from her remembered account. That activity was even recorded as an official login! It appeared numerous times that I did log in. I swear on my mother’s life that I never for once been inside that account. Is there an explanation for this? Thank you.
My years old account was recently deactivated by Facebook – no reason, no warning (all family stuff and nothing objectionable).
I opened another account a couple of weeks ago and I am now being asked for a photograph every time I attempt to log in.
‘We’ve noticed suspicious activity on your account.’ even when it hasn’t been accessed!
Checking the photo can take days.
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I just received this email, thought it was very suspicious, anyone know what this is about?
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