How Can I Retrieve Stolen Facebook Page Ownership?
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TomTheCat
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I doubt that the page ownership changed by clicking on just a link! Imagine this scenario. Someone makes a website, everyone who enters on that website will be redirected to a URL that will hijack their Facebook page, if they are logged in. Report to Facebook, if that's the case, but I doubt he can do something, since he transferred the ownership.
I think the page might be gone for good, but I'd try contacting support - maybe you'll get lucky and get it back.
It's not that simple, but that's exactly what phishing attacks do.
It's not that simple, but that's exactly what phishing attacks do.
TomTheCat
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That's not phishing, as you explained it happened! Phishing is when someone enters username/password on a fake website.
isaactolu
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From the screenshots of their conversation, he sent him a link to join their business group and authorized them to use his assets by the time I will check he has downgraded him to employee status and take control of all pages.
Yes, as I mentioned, it's not as simple as you outlined it, but the general strategy is exactly the same.
From OP's post, I'm 90% sure the client got phished. Celebrities, actors, athletes, and large pages in general still get their accounts compromised like this to this day. AFAIK there's no way to compromise an account by just clicking a link, but phishing attacks still happen and somehow people still fall for it.
TomTheCat
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You are wrong, there is a way, and it's called session hijacking (cookie hijacking), where it requires just a link click.