Facebook is a very popular social network where millions of users interact with others through posts and comments on news feeds, videos, or memes. However, the Meta platform is not exempt from the bad practices of some Internet users who believe fake profiles of other people to harm them. If you have been a victim of identity theft in the applicationhere we explain what steps you must follow so that the false account is eliminated.
On Facebook there are many people who open more than one account, since you only need to have an email to create it. However, there are malicious Internet users and cybercriminals who often create false profiles to impersonate a user’s identity.
These fake accounts Facebookin most cases, are used to harm and make a person look bad or to swindle the friends of the impersonated user, requesting money or banking information.
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If you are going through this terrible situation, you should know that Facebook allows its users, both on Android and iOS, to report a fake account that pretends to be you so that it can be blocked and deleted.
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How to report and denounce a fake account on Facebook?
Report a fake account on Facebook It is not complicated and it will take you less than five minutes to do it. If it is a false profile, the action to follow is to report and in the case of impersonated pages you must report. Here we explain what to do in each case:
Report a fake profile
- The first thing you have to do is go to the profile you want to report
- Once you are in said profile, click on the icon with three horizontal dots that is located at the bottom right of the cover photo
- When you click on these points, a new menu is displayed with some options
- Click on “Search for help or report profile”
- Choose the option “Pretend to be a person”
- In “Who is he impersonating?” choose “Me”.
Report a fake profile on Facebook. Photo: LR composition
Report a fake page
- Go to the page you want to report
- Click on the three horizontal dots at the top right of the page
- A small menu is displayed where you can see the option that says “Search for help or report page”
- Click on “Fake and scam pages”
- Among the options, choose “Impersonate another business” if they have taken the name of your company, or “Impersonate another person” if they have spoofed identity
- Finally, enter the URL of the spoofed profile or page and click “Submit”.
Report a fake page. Photo: LR composition
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Step by step to hide my last connection time on Facebook Messenger
To hide your connection on Facebook Messenger you don’t need to install any third-party app as it is a native feature of the app that works on both Android, iOS and the desktop version. To do so, follow these instructions:
from a phone
- Open the Facebook Messenger application on your mobile and log in with your account.
- Click on your profile picture.
- You will see a menu with different options, you must click on Active status.
- Turn off the visibility of your active status with the toggle next to Show when you’re active.
- You will see a warning dialog, confirm that you want to remove your active status by clicking on Deactivate.
from a PC
- Log in to your Facebook account from the browser.
- In the menu at the top right of your screen, click Messenger.
- Click on the three dots that appear at the top next to Messenger.
- Click Disable Active Status.
- Select between Disable for all contacts, Disable for all contacts except… or Disable for some contacts only, then click OK.
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What steps need to be done to download Facebook Reels videos?
- Open the Facebook app and click on the tab that says “Reels”, which you will find under “what’s on your mind”.
- Click on the reel you want to download and, when it is playing, click on the arrow below and on the right hand side of the screen.
- The next step you must do is click on the phrase “Copy link” and go to the website at the following link: https://snapsave.app/es/facebook-reels-download (copy and paste)
- Remember that these steps must be done from your smartphone.
- Paste the link in the blank space and click on the green button that says “Download”.
- Finally, you will have to wait for the website to convert the video in order to download it to your cell phone.