How to Delete a Facebook account which is Impersonating you?

Internet spam is everywhere, you get quite a few spam emails every week and if you are active on social sites, you have seen so many spam profiles here and there.

Profile impersonification, however is a serious issue – some people can completely replicate your profile, steal photos from your albums and have the same information displayed on social sites e.g Facebook, Orkut, Myspace.

If you or any of your friends find someone impersonating a Facebook profile, here are the steps to ask Facebook to remove or block the spam profile:

Remove a Facebook Account Which is Impersonating You

1. First, note down the profile ID and the URL of the spam profile. This is required, because later you would want to check whether the same profile still exists or not.

2. Since you want Facebook to completely delete that profile, deleting the person from your friend list isn’t going to solve the problem. You have to report the profile as a spam profile and wait for some time till Facebook removes that person.

3. Open the profile in your browser, scroll down to the end of the page and click “Report/Block” this person.

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4. This will open up a submission form where you can provide more information and report the profile as spam. Choose the “Report this person” checkbox and select “Fake profile” from the options drop down. Next, Choose the report type as “Impersonating me or someone else”

Facebook profile impersonification -remove spam

Next, enter the profile URL which is being impersonified. This means, you have to enter the profile URL of the person whose profile has been copied or whose images have been used.

Hit the submit button and you are done. An Administrator from Facebook will review your application and take action as a result of your report. You will not be notified whether any action has been taken to remove the profile, but you can enter the spam profile URL in the browser address bar and check whether it exists or not.

If you are redirected to the home page or get an error message, this means the profile has been successfully blocked and removed from Facebook.

More tips on Facebook:

1. Access Facebook when blocked in school office or workplace.
2. Download Facebook photo albums, videos.

Written by on Saturday, May 29th, 2010

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  • http://www.techbusy.org/ abhi

    Well you need to give valid reason. Thanks for the share.

  • agent

    hi! someone is impersonating me in facebook. i already reported the matter. but until now the fake account still exist. can you help me? thanks

  • http://www.ampercent.com Amit Banerjee

    @agent: Can you provide us more information on how the profile is impersonating you? Is he/she using your images or other profile information ?

  • agent

    hi amit! the fake profile uses my first name and other person’s family name. my picture is also posted in the profile. also some information like school and work are copied. thanks a lot

  • http://www.ampercent.com Amit Banerjee

    @agent: You should ask some of your friends to report abuse the profile in the same way as described in the article.

  • agent

    Thanks a lot Amit!! have a nice day

  • http://facebook.com eeheba

    well someone is trying to act like me on facebook added all my friends also they have the same picure of me on facebook….i alreday reported them but the profile still exsits so now i deleted my facebook and i’m worried that they still are talking to my friends trying to act like me
    also i sent everyone a message that this person is trying to act like me…and i don’t know what else i can do.

  • http://www.ampercent.com Amit Banerjee

    @eeheba: Why did you deleted your account ? You should tell as many close friends as possible to report the profile as spam. It will surely work out, thanks for the comment.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=653412079 Lily Greece

    Hi, This person named Alice Nalbandyan , http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001211540186&ref=ts, is impersonating me by using my pictures from the albums posted on my page, and I have people telling me that this person was adding them as friends as if it was me. This person also used pictures with my friends and family members and God knows what messages were sent or received throughout all the time the account was open. This person already has 117 friends in 2 months, cause that’s when it shows the pictures were uploaded. It freaks me out, and I have friends who also reported this person as a fake account using somebody else’s pictures. I reported her couple of days ago, and nothing happened, I m waiting impatiently, Facebook Please remove this account. Thanks

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=653412079 Lily Greece
  • http://www.ampercent.com Amit Banerjee

    @Lily: Ask as many friends as you have to report the profile as Fake or spam, Facebook authgorities will surtely take the necessary action.

    best of luck

  • Sharon

    Hi,someone has created a profile of my friend who does not have a FB account. I have a facebook account and wish to report her page as a fake profile however, it tells me to paste the URL of the profile being impersonated. I cant because my friend does not have an account to begin with. Isn’t there an email i can report this fake profile too? and also report the person who created it? please help. thanks.

  • http://www.ampercent.com Amit Banerjee

    @sharon: You should ask all of your fiends to “report Spam” the profile who is impersonating your friend.

  • marjana aun

    Someone is impersonating me. i have asked my friends to report but its still there over a month now.. how mutch longer ?

  • http://www.ampercent.com Amit Banerjee

    @marjana: It may take time on the part of Facebook officials to remove the spam account. In the mean time, ask as many people or friends to report that Facebook profile. Thanks for the comment.

  • http://www.yahoo.com rachana

    hey my fake acc is created by som1 but its not been deleted as reported abuse??what to do??m really tensed help me out??

  • http://www.ampercent.com Amit Banerjee

    @rachana: Ask as many friends as you have to report abuse the fake profile.best of luck and thanks for the comment.

  • http://Facebook.com Precy Elica

    im also victim somebody made 2 fake profile we already reported but still there … please facebook administrator help me to delete that 2 fake profile … that fake profile destroy my life post on her wall bad commentz keep on adding some frenz …. please we need ur help check and give appropriate action … here’s my 2 fake accountz http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001158882207 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001386170854 ….. please THANK U

  • parth

    hi amin ji sombody is impersonating my sister using her pics
    can u help me
    my no is 9879659697

  • http://www.facebook.com Veena k

    Someone is impersonating my FB account with my name n i dnt knw how to delete it bcoz i have no idea about it n apart from it i also dnt what is the profile id of that account i just knw the name i.e Veena Khithani n there is no pic in it. n other details are written. is it possible to delete it. Please help me… u can rply on my iD. thanku

  • http://www.facebook.com Veena.K

    Hi Yet i have nt received any rply from ur end….. sorry.

  • http://www.facebook.com Veena.K

    Hi i have sent mnay msg bt yet i have nt received any kind or rply. that is even my account is impersonating by someone so plz help me out n i dnt what his url of facebook is bcz he nt written anything it is on my name dat is veena khithani. so plz check n rply asap on my email id…. thanku n sorry…

  • http://www.ampercent.com Amit Banerjee

    @Veena: The best thing you can do is ask as many friends of your to report the profile as spam. When many spam reports are submitted the Facebook authorities may consider your request and remove the imposters account.

  • http://www.facebook.com Veena.K

    Thanku u so much Amit for helping me…..

  • Nandie

    hi someone is impersoning my friend and i also told my friends to report this as spam but havent got a response, what is worse is he doesn’t have the URL can you try and get it for me. my friends name is gwiba ngqula.

  • chikki

    someone is impersonating me and my sister by making some fake profile using my sister’s pics. WE HAVE REPORTED ABUSE thousands of times and its not getting deleted.need some help…

  • http://www.ampercent.com Amit Banerjee

    @Chikki: I understand your concern, but there is nothing more you can do here. All you can do is report abuse again and again and wait for facebook authorities to delete the profile.

  • http://yahoo.com lianna

    hello! someone is impersonating me in facebook and prentending to be me.. i want that fake “ME” to be dellete. i reported it already and also some of my friends who viewed it but still there`s no response from facebook.. can anyone pls help me or give me instructions on what to do? i had it`s email add but i dont know the password. i tried to answer the questions on y.m but i just can`t access it.. pls pls help me.. thanks guys!

  • http://www.ampercent.com Amit Banerjee

    @Lianna: We understand your concern when someone else is impersonating your profile on Facebook. The only thing you can do is “Report Spam” that profile by as many friends as possible. Have some patience, the Facebook authorities will surely notice the spam reports and take the necessary actions. Thanks for the comment.

  • milad

    someone who has stolen my photo and creat a fake profile
    please help me !!!!!!
    this is a fake profile : http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001913814940
    and this is a real profile: http://www.facebook.com/milad.safiyari
    please help me my friend

  • antonio

    i am complain to remove the account of zymond soler who appear in the facebook and still annoying me. This person still commented at my fb account. please allow me to report and block as soon as possible this person in you good office.. facebook mgmt and staff. thanks

  • Dharmendra

    Plz Help Me Out Someone Is useing my fake id

  • shefali

    i have reported that profile as fake but please tell me the time in which facebook team will take action..becoz that id have my numbers.

  • angel

    por favor tengo un probloma un contacto por ai dijo k me iba a borrar la cuenta les paso a url para k tomen accion http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001794923621
    dise k el trabaja ai i k lo puede aser n se k medidas vallan a tomar por el momento es todo grasias equipo facebook

  • candied thoughts

    It seems that facebook is now being used as an abusive tool to mess up people’s lives. Facebook makes it so easy to create a fake profile ,and so hard to protect your account. They dont even act on reported abuse … ours have been going on for months and been reported countless of times… FACEBOOK … WOULD APPRECIATE ACTION ON YOUR PART …

  • TuPackMan

    LEs cuento, una persona se creo un FB falso que insulta media poblacion de mi ciudad, obvio que esto no le gusta a nadie, tratamos de descifrar quien era y nos costo mucho, no hubo caso, pero ahora estamos denunciando este FB las denuncias se realiazan de la siguiente manera:
    Vamos a: “Denunciar/Bloquear Esta Persona”
    Luego le damos a, “Perfil Falso” y seleccionamos “No representa a una persona real”
    Quisiera saber si tarda mucho en que le eliminen su Face ya que sigue irritando a muchas personas…

  • http://www.facebook.com beam alleyne

    please help report this imposter this person is ruining my life badly…i almost got beaten up for this person please help report FAKE: http://www.facebook.com/davide.peter1

    REAL: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=726447739

  • kitch

    how many reports are needed before the profile can be deleted by the facebook admin? thanks

  • kumar

    Dear Amit some one stolen my picture and open 2 fake profile please help me to delet this profile i dun know more about this in face book please help me big bhai.I beg you please help me
    1)http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100000390480327
    2)http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100000979679122

  • Anna

    Hi, Someone has been impersonating me in facebook. I reported it already but the account is not deleted yet. This person has been harassing me and posting awful comments on my wall. Please help

  • kumar

    Dear amit can you please give me idea to delet my imposter 2 fake profile.I try to report thru imposter me or some else after fill the url i submit but again they ask who will imposter that page i can’t able to submit so now what i can do for report please give me idea

  • Sara

    can u pls help me.
    dis person has creatd a fake profile n has my name n picture and my contact details n weird guys r callin me cuz of dat i want to get it removed pls help me!!!!

  • ahmed

    amit bhai ,,
    a person has made of fake profile of my name and abuses to my friends ,,
    what should i do for getting rid of him ..
    plzz reply fast yaar thankx …

  • Eagle29

    There are two profile pages on Facebook that are fake profiles using my picture and name. I have tried several times, as have several friends, to get the pages removed through Facebook yet they remain. Can you please help? The pages are: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100001744793634&sk=wall

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100001707553017

  • parag

    how much time does facebook take to delete the fake profile? Does it require a minimum number of people to report it as fake??
    Parag

  • erin

    My husband does not have a facebook page and someone is impersonating him on facebook. A page has been set up in his name with many of his personal details (one or two are incorrect) and making defamatory comments. When I report as fake I am required to link to an existing facebook page, but he does not have one, all I can do is write his name and say he does not have a page. Does this mean facebook won’t delete the fake page?

  • saleena

    hi i have someone trying to be me over a year now and they stole my pictures and even ma name. they have been sending some nasty emails to everyone pretending to me. my friends and i have reported the fake profile so many times and im very upset nothing has been done about it.i keep getting disabled and i cant believe facebook has not responded in any way to all the reports we have made. i really need help because im sick of someone eing be me and ruining my life :(

  • Bob

    Please can someone actually tell me facebook admin team has removed a fake account after reporting spam? I don’t think so. I too have a fake acount of me.

  • Srujana

    how many reports are needed before the profile can be deleted by the facebook admin?

  • http://www.ampercent.com webmaster

    @Srujana: It might take some time for Facebook officials to delete the Fake profile in question. Since all fake profile reports are checked manually with human eyes, this will take some time …and there is nothing you can do about it. We suggest you to “report spam” the profile once and ask your close friends to do the same.

  • Rahul

    Someone is impersonating my friend on facebook. I have repeatedly reported this person, including many of her friends and family, but facebook still hasn’t removed the fake profile. Whenever we “report”, at the end “submit”, it says, “facebook does not garantee removal of this account…”. WTF does that mean? What’s the use of “reporting” when it does not “garantee”? Someone help?

  • jhing

    Hi amit.Someone is using my photo and my friend’s photo on the fake facebook profile/fake account. Displaying also my photo as well as my friend’s photo on the wall and jotting down kilometric statements on the status on the wall. I already reported the same to facebook last week, one (1) week ago, 1st week of April 2011. Those posted in the wall committed big abuses to my rights as well as my friend’s rights. I want facebook to PLEASE DELETE or REMOVE THE SAID ACCOUNT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND TO TAKE IMMEDIATE AND APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE MATTER.These are the fake links on the profile and the wall and the fake account name that need to be deleted and the account that FACEBOOK should ought to remove: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002166708963&sk=wall
    and
    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002166708963&sk=info. Thanks.

  • Charisse

    Hi, pls help me someone is pretending to be and added some of my friends..this person is spreading bad rumors about me. I already reported it but until now the fake account still exists, pls help me remove it. I already deactivated my account bec of this. Here’s the link for the fake account:
    http://www.facebook.com/update_security_info.php?wizard=1#!/profile.php?id=100002359775776

  • gracegonzaga

    someone worte me a message about my husband doing unscrupolous things I need toknow who the person is… is there a way to check where the message from facebook camefrom or what IP address hte guys uses a fake facebook ID

  • Rose Chin

    There’s a silly person stolen my pictures n created a fake account name Rose Chinn. here’s the link http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002231912947
    i had reported to facebook many many times and also my friends around already helped me to report to facebook too.i reported it every week till now.It’s already 2months plus,but facebook take no action at all!!!!! Facebook Team could you pls do something!!! :(

  • S

    What do you do if you’re the REAL person who has been deactivated by Facebook??? What is the protocol for verifying you’re the real person and all the others are fakes?

  • shadi

    Please and please for thousand help me. Someone created fake profile for my sister with her Picture and put fake picture in her profile.Could someone kindly help in deleting the fake profile-and i well thanks to him over life:
    the profile is :
    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002434344033
    pleas pleas pleas help me in most speed.
    i waiting email from u . pleas don,t forget me

  • http://LiveMessenger Angie Forsyth

    Every time i open my e-mails there are stacks of facebook messages for sumone else with OR using my name. Im sick of deleting these every time i go to my In box.Sumone else must have the same e-mail address and password???????

  • divya

    hello …………. plzzzzzzzzzzzz help me oout …… someone has made my fake id …………. help me out
    i hv report bt still existing

  • http://www.facebook.com vaani

    someone has created a fake fecebook account with my photo and name…i already reported it but until now the fake account still exists… please help me to remove it…

    please delete this fake account:http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000986792033

    please kindly take serious and quick action and disable that account permanently from facebook…..please i am begging uuuuuuu………..

    thank you

  • shadi

    thank u for your Attention, your message mean that the page is still exist and you delete the bad picture from it thank u for your help,
    Good luck

  • http://Facebookpage Paul Yong

    When I scrolled down my page, I could not find the Report Page butI could see add a badge to your site. Please help.

  • http://facebook Hulyo

    someone created another account, my ex use my whole name and picture, an attempt to destroy my true identity.. i’m begging you to help me to disable this fake account permanently in facebook

    this is the fake account http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002616316967
    please this disable that fake account.. i am only using one account in facebook..

    please kindly help me through this.. as soon as possible.. please..

  • Seda Aznavour

    I had to reopen an account on Seda Aznavour because my old account has been hacked. If you research you will find out that the account is no more mine. My name is Seda Aznavour, my e-mail is nounounn@ hotmail .com or sedaaznavour @yahoo.com and that account that took over must not have my e-mails but they do have my picture and my dad’s picture on the facebook account I will like to recover my account please, I have been trying to do so for 6 months and it is very frustrating. Could you help me please because I had a lot of friends on that account over 4000 friends. Thanks for your understanding .my phone number is 818 335 3763 or 310 828 3464. Thank a lot for your cooperation.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Yuurrrrrrr nichole

    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002525638145

    this is the link of the fake profile of me, please delete her, shes creating a lot of problems for me & i had about 3 of my friends report her & it didnt work

  • rinki sajwan

    http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100002898572678
    this is the fake account. i have only one account someone using my pic n name so plz plz delete this account….

  • ninder

    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002620128860
    this is the link of the fake profile of me, please delete her, shes creating a lot of problems for me & i had about 3 of my friends report her & it didnt work

  • ashou

    I reported a profile that is impersonating me and sending false news to my friends to defame me. there was an error message during the process. That account has still not been deleted. what should i do to report again??

  • Muhin

    how many reports are needed before the profile can be deleted by the facebook admin? 70/80 ?

  • Tinted Diamond

    Just try to contact people who know how to hack profiles and stuff. Have the person or people harassing you shot or something.

    Facebook will not do anything for you if you have problems because to them, business is still business. The more users they have, the more they’ll earn.

    My sister is currently being victimized by someone on Facebook. We’ve reported it to Facebook and still, after months, no response from them.

    I’m currently trying to find out who exactly is harassing my sister and i’ll do just that. We’re already quite sure who it is, we just need to make 100% sure.

    So just get help from knowledeable people. Find out who it is that’s impersonating you then have them killed.

    That’ll teach them.

  • adam

    My sister is currently being victimized by someone on Facebook. We’ve reported it to Facebook and still, after months, no response from them….please report this account
    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002861098692

  • http://facebook Hulyo

    someone created another account, my ex use my whole name and picture, an attempt to destroy my true identity.. i’m begging you to help me to disable this fake account permanently in facebook

    this is the fake account http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002616316967
    please this disable that fake account..please REPORT him.. i am only using one account in facebook..

    please kindly help me through this.. as soon as possible.. please..

  • Miou

    Hello! I dont have facebook, but now some one has made me an account and pretending to be me. And I dont want that at all. I have reported it to facebook. How long will it it take for facebook to block this fake account?

    thank you for helping me

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