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If you see a profile or Page that's pretending to be you, someone you know or a public figure (example: celebrity, politician), we encourage you to let us know. You can report impersonating Facebook profiles or Pages even if you don't have a Facebook account.
Yes, someone can create a Facebook account in your name without your permission or knowledge. But there’s a lot more to your question. Let’s work it in reverse order.
If someone hacked your account, visit www.facebook.com/hacked on a device you've used to log in to Facebook before. If that doesn't help, visit this guide to the right solution for your circumstances.
Someone else on Facebook likely legitimately shares your name. While you can do this to look for duplicates, not every result will be someone maliciously cloning your account. Scammers are...
Impostor profiles and Pages aren't allowed on Facebook. If someone created a Facebook profile or Page pretending to be you, please let us know.
If you see a profile or Page that's pretending to be you, someone you know or a public figure (example: celebrity, politician), we encourage you to let us know. You can report potentially impersonating profiles or pages to us even if you don't have a Facebook account.
If the only symptom is that some of your (already) friends on Facebook are asking you why you sent them a friend request, it’s extremely unlikely that your account has been hacked. Your account wasn’t even involved.
Could Someone Set Up a Fake Facebook Account in My Name? goes into more detail, but the bottom line is that you, and perhaps your friends, need to report the fake account as impersonating you. Eventually Facebook should remove it. Reporting the fake account is all you can do.
If someone uses your name on Facebook or gains access to your existing account, the first step you should follow is to use the “report” or “help” section on the Facebook website to lodge a complaint against them.
I used the forgot password feature on facebook to change password via my email and was able to get access to the Facebook account. I noticed that they had used their own phone number in order to create the account and maybe used it to verify it as well.