Rusty Foster falls as a victim of 'Facebook dead' prank.
Facebook states the form can be used to “request the memorialization of a deceased person’s account.” You only need “a link (URL) to an obituary or news article” as “proof of death.”
When an account is memorialized, Facebook said only confirmed friends can view the deceased user’s timeline so they can leave posts in remembrance. This is to secure the dead person’s privacy and to prevent the account from getting hacked.
In Foster’s case, his prankster-friend reportedly used an obituary of a man who died in 2011 in a state different from what he indicates in his account. The 36-year-old found out that he died on Facebook when he tried to log in. He got his account reactivated more than 24 hours after he reported the error.
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