Can you impersonate someone on facebook

How to Report Things. Don't Have an Account? Reporting a Problem with Facebook. Reporting a Privacy Violation. Hacked and Fake Accounts.

Managing a Deceased Person's Account. Legal Removal Request. Intellectual Property. About Our Policies. Anyone who impersonates you will most likely be using your name or something close to it. Use Facebook's search to look for all profiles using your name. Be on the lookout for slight differences in spelling and pay close attention to locations and other information on said profiles.

Some impersonators may use one of your photos, but they may choose to leave the photo area blank, so investigate profiles with your name and no photo as well. If you suspect that someone is trying to impersonate you, they may be talking to people you know. Look at your friends' profiles or friends lists to see if anyone with your name is there.

You can also ask your friends if they have noticed another account using your name; even if you haven't seen anything definite, someone else might have. Legal Removal Request. Intellectual Property. About Our Policies. Your account should represent you, and only you should have access to your account.

If someone gains access to your account, or creates an account to pretend to be you or someone else, we want to help. We also encourage you to let us know about accounts that represent fake or fictional people, pets, celebrities or organizations.

Hacked Accounts. Yes, I am the person being impersonated. No, but I'm the authorized representative of the person being impersonated ex: parent or legal guardian. No, this account is impersonating my friend. Unfortunately, we can only act on reports from the person who's being impersonated or their authorized representative ex: parent or legal guardian.

Please send your friend a link to this form and ask them to fill it out. Full name on the impostor profile. Link URL to the impostor profile. Please only report one impersonating account at a time.