Mobile phone has been hacked

Lockie21
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Everyone in my mobile phone address book and messenger has been sent a link which someone wants them to open my friends say I need to delete this spam but I have no idea what to do or how to stop it. Can anyone help me please?

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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,597 Forumite
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    Look for malwarebytes for mobile in Android play or apple store .

    Run it and let it removes all it finds . 
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  • ForumUser7
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    Lockie21 said:
    Everyone in my mobile phone address book and messenger has been sent a link which someone wants them to open my friends say I need to delete this spam but I have no idea what to do or how to stop it. Can anyone help me please?
    Sorry to hear this OP. Did you have your contacts linked to messenger? This sounds like a typical Facebook scam that goes around - people open the link, sign in, and then their Facebook gets compromised too.

    You should change your Facebook and messenger password (I think you can log into messenger with Facebook account details), and review log in activity.
    If you want me to definitely see your reply, please tag me @forumuser7 Thank you.

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