Thursday 18 February 2016

Scam of the Week: The fake Facebook friend, how hackers steal money

You expect when you get a friend request it’s the real person, but fake accounts are easy to setup. An Ozark woman is dealing with an imposter, who is trying to rip off her friends.

Imogene Knell will tell you a crook, tried to get her goat. Knell’s facebook account was hacked. The swindler fished her friends and got their phone numbers. Then the thief made some calls. Luckily, Knell’s real friends caught on to the decoy.

“She said …  Imogene, why would you want me to invest in one thousand dollars in a possible gamble… I said what are you talking about?” said Knell.

The hacker asked Knell’s friends to invest one thousand dollars into a gamble program.

“She would be in a drawing to possibly win one hundred thousand dollars delivered to her in cash,” said Knell.

The friend said no thanks.

“When she didn’t, the gentleman called her wanting to know where his money was,” she said.

The imposter couldn’t pull the wool over her eyes. For the full article click here 



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