I see it happen to others all the time....their accounts get hacked.  Today, it was my turn.

At 7:15 this morning, my mother-in-law called me to inform me of the hacker.  The hacker was chatting with my friends, telling them "I" was stuck in London and desperately needed money wired to get home.  Thank goodness no one listened and sent money.

I immediately tried to reset my password.  Didn't work.  Tried again...no luck.

Then, I went into my husband's account and posted from there on my page that my account had been hacked.  So, the hacker "unfriended" my husband.

The hacker wasn't smart enough to turn off my SMS alerts so I was able to post from the "real me" onto my page.

Fortunately, one of my friends went into "my" Facebook profile and got me the email address the hacker was using.  I reported the hacked account to Facebook and it is being fixed.

What have I learned?  I thought I had a good password.  Unique for each profile/account I have and always a combination of letters and numbers..  From now on, I'll make my passwords more complex - letters, symbols, numbers, lower-case and upper-case.

On the bright side, I have heard from friends today that I haven't spoken with in years!  They called me to check on me and let me know my account had ben hacked.  Not a great way to start a Monday morning, but great to hear from so many incredible people!

So, please, this week - put it on your to-do list to update those profile passwords.  Make them complex and make each one unique.

Tina in Virginia