This seems to happen more often than I’d like: someone lets you know that they received a Facebook message from you, usually asking for money. Only, you never sent one (duh). You were hacked! So what do you do next? An alltop9 post has the steps you should follow if you ever find yourself in this awkward position. Thankfully, it’s not as hard as you might think to restore and secure a hacked Facebook account: this is now so common that Facebook has a special process just for reporting your compromised account and regaining access.

For those of you who prefer video to text, you can watch the following one:

Recovering a Hacked Facebook Account

Step 1

If your Facebook account has been hacked, the first thing to do is to access the following link on Facebook and report it.Click “My Account Is Compromised.”

Step 2

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