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d_stilgar
01-21-2012, 03:39 PM
Some guy in Russia managed to make a facebook account with my email address. I got an email from facebook (legit, actually facebook) asking me to click a link to confirm my account. I figured that there would at least be an option after clicking the link to say that I didn't make the account, or that the email would have instructions to not click the link if I didn't make the account, but neither of those things happened. Instead, I activated an account linked to my email, but all in Russian and with some other guy's name.

Needless to say I was a little pissed off and spent about 20 minutes getting the account back to me. Not that I think this person ever had my email password, I changed it anyway. Then . . . I deleted my/his facebook account . . . again . . . after three years without one.

Seriously, I never even think about facebook anymore except the rare times when there's some sort of contest that requires you to use it. I had this small irritating idea that perhaps I should just have an account of my own so this doesn't happen again, but I decided against it. Instead, if it happens again I will complain to facebook about it . . . again . . . on deaf ears.

x88x
01-21-2012, 11:04 PM
I guess he was just hoping you would click through and confirm and ignore it or something? Weird.


I figured that there would at least be an option after clicking the link to say that I didn't make the account, or that the email would have instructions to not click the link if I didn't make the account, but neither of those things happened.

Nope, I believe Facebook is one of the ones where if you don't confirm the account you cannot log in. So, if this happens again, don't confirm, just skip directly to complaining to Facebook. ;)

Twigsoffury
01-22-2012, 12:53 AM
happened to me awhile back with my gmail account.


I lol'd