Facebook - intruder has become my friend!

OnePound

Hi

I logged into my fb today to find a message on my wall to say that me and some guy called Paulo Valerio Alves are now friends.

The problem with this is that I have no idea who this person is!! :eek: I have not ever received a friends request from him and I have definately not accidently accepted one. Im very fussy about who i accept as a friend as ive got pictures of my family on fb.

I viewed his profile and he was new to fb and i was 1 of 4 friends. I have deleted him as a friend and changed my fb password just in case my account has been hacked.

Anyone got any idea whats going on? Im quite p*ssed off about this as im very security conscious and cant believe that something like this can happen. Is this a scam or something?

I tried reporting him but i felt like my report would just disappear into an email void. Plus i dont want my account frozen or some sort of retaliation if he is dodgy.

DaisyNelson

Someone tried to make friends with you on a social networking site !!!

OnePound

DaisyNelson wrote: »

Someone tried to make friends with you on a social networking site !!!

I see youre not a facebooker!

On fb someone has to request to be your friend and you have to accept that request, only then are they able to view your profile. It should be impossible for a stranger to become your friend and see your profile unless you give them permission. (Incidently I do not belong to any networks.) This is all for security reasons so you can choose who sees you and your details.

Its not just a free for all you know!

Strider590

Did you know that Facebook automatically adds everyone from our email or msn contact list? you probably missed this when you first signed up.

HelenYorkshire

It can do that but when I signed up I had to ok it first.
But OP doesn't know this guy???

I'd be VERY careful, double check all your privacy settings and block him completely.

Very dodgy.

gaming_guy

Strider590 wrote: »

Did you know that Facebook automatically adds everyone from our email or msn contact list? you probably missed this when you first signed up.

i thought you had to type in the hotmail password before FB did this?

DCFC79

Strider590 wrote: »

Did you know that Facebook automatically adds everyone from our email or msn contact list? you probably missed this when you first signed up.

this bit is optional, you dont have to do this

onepound, on a side note have you checked your anti virus is up to date and your firewall is also upto date

DCFC79

gaming_guy wrote: »

i thought you had to type in the hotmail password before FB did this?

yes you do

OnePound

DCFC79 wrote: »

this bit is optional, you dont have to do this

onepound, on a side note have you checked your anti virus is up to date and your firewall is also upto date

Yes its fully up to date. I never have any issues with security on my pc or any websites I use so Im baffled as to how this guy managed it. I was going to send him a message asking him but thought better of it.

His profile seemed quite 'normal' but then i guess it would. Not like he was some crazy nerdy teenage hacker

DCFC79

OnePound wrote: »

Yes its fully up to date. I never have any issues with security on my pc or any websites I use so Im baffled as to how this guy managed it. I was going to send him a message asking him but thought better of it.

His profile seemed quite 'normal' but then i guess it would. Not like he was some crazy nerdy teenage hacker

i take it you have checked your settings in faceboook eg the is there an option where your asked to accept peoples friends requests or deny them,

DaisyNelson

OnePound wrote: »

I see youre not a facebooker!

I would explain,but I can't be bothered.