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Help! Facebook 'Security Check'
charcharcharchar
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ahh, think ive been banned for sharing too much on facebook and have had to complete a safety check
As most of my friends are MSE ones (I have a regular FB & an MSE one.) The verification was identifying people on their tagged photos +I think I must have failed it as I am no longer able to verify it and have no options left!
Anyone been in this situation before? What happens?
Thank you.
As most of my friends are MSE ones (I have a regular FB & an MSE one.) The verification was identifying people on their tagged photos +I think I must have failed it as I am no longer able to verify it and have no options left!
Anyone been in this situation before? What happens?
Thank you.
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Happened to me when I had a MSE named FB account.
I could not name one face as they were all via MSE.
I lost the account :-(0 -
Thanks for the help...
I guess setting up another will have to do..
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If you link your account to a mobile number that is one way to verify. There was a lot of this problem earlier in the year and some people had to send documents off to verify that they were real people.0
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Maybe because you have two accounts? Facebook rules forbid that. In which case opening another will cause more problems and you could lose all of them.Luck is believing you’re lucky – Tennessee Williams
May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light. May good luck pursue you each morning and night – Anonymous0 -
It happened to me. I could not identify people from their photo's. (I only had the one account, which I used for comping - I didn't do facebook for real life friends). The option for me was to send facebook a copy of my passport or driving licence. I decided that in my opinion, this was a step too far and so I chose to stop entering facebook competitions altogether.0
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Loads of people have second facebooks for their comping. Ah well, will scan my passport in later today. Anyone know how long they take to respond?We’ve had to remove your signature. Please check the Forum Rules if you’re unsure why it’s been removed and, if still unsure, email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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charcharcharchar wrote: »Loads of people have second facebooks for their comping. Ah well, will scan my passport in later today. Anyone know how long they take to respond?
Yes but it is against the rules of FB and you run the risk of losing both your personal and comping FB account.
You also run the risk of being reported if other people discover you have two FB accounts as well.
Personally I do not think it is worth the risk, especially after the episodes a few months ago when FB really clamped down and lots of people lost their accounts.
Remember FB is a social networking website not a comping website.The best things in life are free.....0 -
Well that's where I'm clever and use different names with my real FB account & my comping one.
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But, there's a problem with using a different name with your comping one, as if you win tickets/ a cheque and it has your comping name you can't redeem them.December Wins: £300 worth of board games, £500 Tesco Vouchers Best Win in 2023: £500 Tesco Vouchers0
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That's why my comping account has the right name & my personal one is a silly name
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