Police FB page hacked, ransomed

DAVAO CITY— An unidentified individual who now has access to the Facebook page of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO)-Sta. Ana Police Station is asking for a “refund” after losing interest in the page he/she allegedly bought from a hacker.

The unknown individual who claims to be Nigerian said in a statement posted on the Facebook page Friday, August 29, 2025 that he no longer wants the page. The unknown individual wants some P10,500 or 280,000 Nigerian naira in exchange for access to the police Facebook page.

It is unclear whether the individual asking for the ransom really did buy access to the Facebook page from somebody else or if both are one and the same.

The supposed Nigerian who bought the page said he changed his mind after seeing that his profile was not on the page.
“[O]ne day i wake up i didn’t see myself in the page anymore then i asked him that sold the page to me, what happened that I can’t found my profile on again,” the post reads.

“[H]e said i should give him some minutes that he would add again i told him that I don’t want the page again he should refund my money that this is hack page,” the post added.

“[S]ince l’m a content creator he refused to refund my money so by due respect I don’t want this page anymore and I don’t want any problem in my life This is the guy that sold the page to me please contact him on WhatsApp +2348161441271 please forgive me,” the unknown individual said.

Police Captain Kim Vianney C. Pomperada, deputy station commander of Sta. Ana Police Station, said the page has been hacked since July this year.

Pomperada said they suspect their page was hacked using an account of a former personnel of the station that had access to the police page.

He said it took a while before they learned of the security breach.

Pomperada said they failed to remove the account of the police personnel when he left because of “numerous tasks”.

The hacked page now no longer contain some of their official posts, Pomperada said, and said the page sometimes even posts “funny” videos.

He said these non-police related posts may be causing confusion among the public.

He said that they have already forwarded the case to the police cybercrime unit and has requested Facebook owner Meta to block the unauthorized user. They hope to recover their station’s FB page by the end of the month.

Pomperada said they have now designated a permanent police personnel to handle a newly created alternate Facebook page of the police station.

As of writing, the Facebook page has changed its bio to “Calling Nigerian Police Force, Kayode Egbetokun, Inspector General of Police to investigate the Person behind hacking this page which was submitted to Interpol via email. We provided information and video of the person.”