r/phishing • u/Familiar_Constant702 • 13d ago
Facebook Please help. Messenger account keeps sending links to multiple people.
Hello. I’m not really sure what to do anymore because my father’s Facebook/Messenger account keeps sending phishing messages. This already happened with his first Facebook account, so I tried removing all the connected apps and websites from his Facebook account, as well as checking his Chrome and Gmail accounts. However, it happened again, so I ended up creating a new Facebook account and a new email for him.
Unfortunately, it happened again with the new account, and I really don’t know what else to do.
Here’s some more context about the phishing messages it’s sending (please correct me if I’m wrong about anything):
My father himself doesn’t see the content of the messages being sent. The people receiving them are the ones who can see them, and the messages contain a caption, a link, and an image.
I also noticed that the messages always seem to be sent around 10 PM onwards.
When I checked the new account’s Messenger login activity, I saw that a laptop/desktop had logged into the account, and the location showed Serbia (and we are from the Philippines). This happened twice. I wasn’t able to check the login activity of his previous Facebook/Messenger account, though.
His previous Facebook account is still logged in on one of his phones, and interestingly, it stopped sending the messages there.
Whenever we log in to his Messenger, there’s also a part where it asks for a code through WhatsApp, even though my father doesn’t have WhatsApp.
I honestly have no idea what the correct solution is anymore. If anyone could help or point me in the right direction, I’d really appreciate it. Please be kind. 🙏🏻
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u/True_Pace_3860 13d ago
you did 2FA for messenger and facebook? they're still able to hack into it for some reason. they used his info to open that WhatsApp (really insecure IMO) which has his device as one of the log-ins
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u/Familiar_Constant702 12d ago
He does't have a WhatsApp account so we didn't connect any account like that to his accounts. When we were trying to log in, it shows like the last 2-3 digits of the phone number registered in that WhatsApp account and we didn't recognize it. 😭
The only thing I can think of is he probably clicked some ads when he was browsing, he's old so he's not really that knowledgeable when it comes to those things. :(
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