My Facebook Was Phished. What META Did Next is Frustrating
From Geekazine by Jeffrey Powers
May 28, 2026 · 25 min
About this episode
Jeffrey Powers shares his frustrating experience of having his Facebook account phished and the challenges he faced with Meta's recovery process.
Make a Logo on Fiverr **Editor’s Note: After continual attempts, I finally got to a support agent that brought back my accounts within the next 24 hours. It’s possible to get it back. A Simple Mistake That Shut Down 19 Years of Facebook This is not an easy story to tell, but it is one a lot of people need to hear. My Facebook was phished. I made the mistake. I let the attacker in. And within seconds, the account I had built for nearly 19 years was gone. It started on May 4 while I was out of town and on my phone. A message pushed me toward Messenger, where I was prompted to log in and enter a two-factor authentication code. It was exactly the kind of thing I tell people not to do, but in that moment, I did it anyway. Almost immediately, Facebook sent an email saying my profile had been taken down. The message said my profile had been reviewed and could not be reviewed again. That was the start of a frustrating journey through Meta’s account recovery system. Facebook Hacked, Then Locked Out The first thing Meta told me to do was change my password, so I did. Once I got back to a computer I normally use for Facebook, I went to facebook.com/hacked and started the…
People in this episode
Host: Jeffrey Powers
Topics covered
- account recovery
- phishing
- social media security
- personal experience
- Meta support
Keywords
- phishing
- Meta
- account recovery
- social media
- security
- two-factor authentication
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Meta, Facebook
Products: Messenger, Fiverr
Books & works: A Simple Mistake That Shut Down 19 Years of Facebook
Places: Facebook
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