How to recover a stolen Facebook account

Facebook: an authentic den of personal information, habits and confidences. And it is entirely legitimate, almost justified, the fear of find yourself at any moment with your stolen Facebook account, perhaps at the mercy of someone who may not only enjoy doing too much trouble using your name but who may have your entire virtual life at their disposal.

A not very common, but existing possibility: end up with the stolen Facebook account it is not difficult, just a moment of distraction and the damage is done.

Think, for example, of leave your account logged on a shared computer, on the computer of a friend of yours, di lose your smartphone / tablet, to leave your password written in an unusual place, to reveal it by mistake or many other such scenarios ...

The practice, then, is always the same: the malicious user log into your account, he takes possession of it, changes your password (so as not to let you log in) and begins his work.

With a bit of luck and a good dose of memory, however, it is nonetheless possible to recover a stolen Facebook account and reset the password through a Facebook feature, actually a bit hidden, but which does its duty very well.

Let's see what it's about.

Recover a stolen Facebook account

Before proceeding, I warn you that it is essential to know:

• thee-mail account reference;
• (obviously) the name and surname of your account;
• the name of at least one friend on your contact list;
• la your old password;
• il your username (the one specified in the final part of your facebook page, for example: http://www.facebook.com/Jessichina)

At this point, all you have to do is go to the facebook.com/hacked page and follow the instructions of the wizard: as you will be asked for the information listed above and, if all goes well, you will have the ability to reset password and recover account.

Obviously we recommend that you also change the password of the reference email and possibly disconnect from your account the applications you no longer use as an additional security measure.

How to recover a stolen Facebook account