Then he smiled. The “report a login issue home page facebook” search was still open in his browser. He closed it—and bookmarked the real help page instead.
That evening, Arjun didn’t scroll his feed. He went straight to Settings > Password and Security > Login Alerts and turned on two-factor authentication.
His stomach dropped. He’d almost handed his ID and a credit card to a scammer in Russia.
He clicked.
He clicked. A form appeared. He uploaded a photo of his driver’s license. Then, a message he’d never seen before: “We see another device in Chennai logged into your account 22 minutes ago. Is this you?”
Arjun did what most people do: he went to Google and searched for a solution. The top result was a sponsored ad: “Facebook Login Support — 24/7 Hotline — $9.99 instant fix.” He almost called it. Then he noticed the second result—a tiny, greyed-out link from Facebook itself: “Trouble logging in? Recover your account here.”
