A recent attempt to try to part me from my money and identity! This message from my “friend” was nothing but an attempted scam. Facebook has been adding in more safety protocols, like the one at the top of this Messenger post.
A recent attempt to try to part me from my money and identity! This message from my “friend” was nothing but an attempted scam. Facebook has been adding in more safety protocols, like the one at the top of this Messenger post.
Scams come in many forms—be aware!
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by Karin L. Nauber
I had an attempted scammer contact me...again. I wrote about this a few months ago.
Since that time, I have probably had 20 more attempts using this exact same tactic and also attempting to use the identity of my actual Facebook friends.
I suppose it works because otherwise I wouldn’t keep receiving them. I know I am not alone.
Most of the time I just ignore these because if it is an actual Facebook friend who is contacting me on Facebook Messenger, it pops right up and it doesn’t ask me if I want to accept it.
Apparently, I was having a weak moment and decided to accept this message.
I knew immediately that it was a scam attempt by the notification directly under my “friend’s” name.
It reads: “Using Messenger without Facebook. Logged in using a phone number from Nigeria. Account was recently created. Different from your Facebook friend.”
No brainer, but they “seemed” so “genuinely interested” in how I was doing!. . .