Someone has hacked my deceased friends facebook account

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I'm not sure why the account is still there - I think basically no one's done anything about it.

Very old friend of mine died very suddenly about a year ago. Last couple of days I've started getting sinister and very sick messages from her account. Obviously I've reported them to Facebook but feeling quite upset about it. I don't know what Facebook will do but clearly nothing yet as I've just had another.

I don't think I can repeat the messages here as this thread would be rightly taken down but think hard porn type stuff complete with links to what I assume to be some very unpleasant websites which I've no intention of clicking on.

I was and still sometimes am very upset about her death it's left a big hole in my life but this sudden onslaught is really distressing me. To be fair these types of messages would be quite upsetting in any circumstances.

Sorry just needed to vent

Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. Could you block her account so you won't see any further messages?

Are you in contact with any of her family members who might be able to access her account and switch on the In Memory setting? They should be able to do this if they submit proof of her death to FB.

@Dreamingofgreece That seems so flipping obvious - done

@Alaina7 Thank you I didn't know that. I think I've got a phone number for her brother so might try to contact him.

Whoever is doing this is a very sick depraved person

Hi OP

I’m sorry to hear about your friend. I will say that FB were fairly quick to change my Dad’s account to “in memory” once I’d emailed them a scanned copy of his death certificate.

I came on to say it can be changed to a memorial account too.

Some sick twat set up a fake new account for my dead friend and started messaging her teenage daughter. It beggars belief tbh.

Is it spam? If not and it’s a troll I would report to police.

This - you can do this. It's nice because you get to see all the photos etc still

If you can get hold of even a newspaper notice of their death they should set it to a memorial page. I did this for my dds friend page, just sent the link of the newspaper page her death notice was on.

The in memory setting is lovely to have. I lost a friend and a few of us remember her on her birthday etc, it's so nice to remember her together occasionally, a funny story or something we did together. We see the odd bit about her son too, she would be so glad to know what a fine man he has grown into

It doesn’t have to be family that do it - you can do it. Just need to send proof and an order of funeral service will do. Then the account is protected 🥰

Facebook have suspended the account

I've spoken to her brother and he's going to send them a copy of the death certificate so hopefully they'll change it to in the in memory of setting