I forgot to mention that about one year after I terminated my Facebook account,
and many months after Facebook had given me three months to change my mind and then withdrawn my account,
and even family "friends" could no longer see any existence,
I still got invitations to be friends from 3 people who do not know me.
One of the three I responded to PREVIOUSLY (before I was given a facebook accont) for part-time work of an unspecified nature.
He was offering the opportunity for weekly delivery of Kleenezee catalogues offering bargain household domestic products.
Not the software opportunity I was looking for in retirement.
He had a valid reason for my entry in his address book when he asked Facebook to find his friends.
The other two came from the same area in India, a place with which I have no contact.
The even had a family picture showing the same wife ! ! !
They were obviously a couple of chancer that were part of the spammer network that offer me imitation watches and marital enhancement aids.
The only reason I can think of for Facebook sending me those invitations is that the Kleenezee guy and the spammers had my email address in their books,
and Facebook found a match against the email address with which my account had been established.
Facebook obviously retained my address and name in their system after they closed my account.
I see no reason to assume that they are unable to sell all the details every submitted to them if the offered price is right.
Remember, that guy harvested and used even the passwords that were invalid on Facebook,
and was lucky when he found they worked on the reporters private email accounts.
Zero Trust.