<div dir="ltr"><div>This is pretty common, and it's likely not a breach.</div><div><br></div><div>Check the profile of the person who messaged you. You'll likely find this is a brand-new account.</div><div>Scammers will copy-paste a person's name and public profile image, create a new account, and then message people who are friends with them.</div><div><br></div><div>The solution is to report that account as fraudulent. <br></div><div>Likely, there are other people who were messaged. The easiest way is for the person who's been copied to report the new fake account - FB customer service is notoriously awful, but they typically pay attention when someone does the "this person is pretending to be me" fraudulent account reporting.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-Ron<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 1:43 PM Michael Muller via Hidden-discuss <<a href="mailto:hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net">hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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didn't change the password) and if so, change the password
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She said she did not message me so I'm guessing it's a breach.
She uses FB as a tool but does not post on her page. What
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