Someone with the same name as my sister seems to have inadvertently created a Facebook account with her email address. The funny thing is that this person doesn't seem to have ever accessed my sister's Gmail account. My sister tipped me off that emails from Facebook were appearing in her inbox. I took a look, and saw the following:"Just one more step to get started on Facebook""Welcome to Facebook - get started now!""Getting back onto Facebook"By clicking the link in one of these emails, I was able to log into the new Facebook account, and change the password.The strange thing is, a Facebook account with an unverified email should show that yellow bar at the top of the screen, but this one didn't; yet, in the account settings, my sister's email address is listed as the primary address, but not verified. Any ideas how this could have been done?

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Someone used my email for Facebook, what should I do?

Asked by Anil Jha Mar 25, 2022 941 views 1 answer

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Someone with the same name as my sister seems to have inadvertently created a Facebook account with her email address. The funny thing is that this person doesn't seem to have ever accessed my sister's Gmail account. My sister tipped me off that emails from Facebook were appearing in her inbox. I took a look, and saw the following:

"Just one more step to get started on Facebook"
"Welcome to Facebook - get started now!"
"Getting back onto Facebook"

By clicking the link in one of these emails, I was able to log into the new Facebook account, and change the password.

The strange thing is, a Facebook account with an unverified email should show that yellow bar at the top of the screen, but this one didn't; yet, in the account settings, my sister's email address is listed as the primary address, but not verified. Any ideas how this could have been done?

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Anil Jha

Answered on Mar 25, 2022

The answer to your question - Someone used my email for Facebook is -

In Facebook it's possible to create an account with another person's email, but your account is still unverified until you use one of the verification methods (phone, another email). The account can even be activated/verified if the real owner of the email address accidentally confirms by clicking on the link. Just go to the login page, and use the password recovery facility to change the password, then log in and disable the account. Then no one can create another account with this email address.

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