A Facebook post this morning reported that a friend's Facebook account had been scammed.
I read more about the problem to understand what happened. There is a good article on the topic by Katherine Hutt at Consumer News and Opinion http://www.bbb.org/blog/2013/07/imposter-facebook-profiles-can-fake-out-your-real-friends/
First, do not accept a Friend invitation if that person is already your friend (check your Friends list). I believe I might have done that unknowingly.
The motives for the fraud are:
I read more about the problem to understand what happened. There is a good article on the topic by Katherine Hutt at Consumer News and Opinion http://www.bbb.org/blog/2013/07/imposter-facebook-profiles-can-fake-out-your-real-friends/
First, do not accept a Friend invitation if that person is already your friend (check your Friends list). I believe I might have done that unknowingly.
The motives for the fraud are:
- To learn more about you
- To pretend to have an emergency requiring you send money
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