Scammers are usingFacebookMessenger and other apps to trick Americans into thinking they gave money to terrorist groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda. According to a new warning from the Department of HomelandSecurity'sOffice of the Inspector General, the scammers make contact through a messaging app or...
It's pretty sneaky. A scammer will reach out to a digital marketer via Facebook Messenger posing as someone looking to hire a Facebook ad campaign manager. After their pitch, they'll send over a project proposal with all the details about the company, budget, and what they're looking to...
Or whatever crazy tale they try to tell. I recently saw this hilarious correspondence of a man named Jeremy Roberts in Oklahoma who decided to take matters into his own hands when a scammer made a fake profile of his mother and contacted him on Facebook Messenger. The scammer REALLY wanted ...
Fake messages and how to deal with them You could get a fake message via SMS, but also on WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, or other social messaging platforms. In the case of WhatsApp or a social media platform, the scammer may also upload a fake invoice copy or send a message ...
A buggy Facebook Messenger app leaves a sour taste If it's too good to be true, it isn't true Facebook isn't the only problem. Any time money exchanges hands online, scammers will show up. Different platforms have different scams. Amazon tends to be better at verifying sellers and kee...
I recently saw this hilarious correspondence of a man named Jeremy Roberts in Oklahoma who decided to take matters into his own hands when a scammer made a fake profile of his mother and contacted him on Facebook Messenger. The scammer REALLY wanted Jeremy to buy a $200 gift card to send...
Now this is already suspicious to me because you are already messaging perfectly fine over Facebook Messenger. Apparently, they need your phone number to create a Google account in your name, from there, they will ask to send you a "verification code" to the phone number they gave. Then,...
In many cases in the United States, scammers pose as utility company representatives. One Oregon-based firm warned its consumers last year that "scams are constantly evolving" and fraudsters tried to target some of them using "Facebook messenger." ...
Then they tried to Facebook messenger call me and told me to stop the "black mail" [sic]. I have screenshots of ALL of this persons posts (going back a couple of years on various sites) and reports others have posted and all messages to me. Maine coon cats and kittens for adoption...
“I had an old colleague of mine add me on Facebook as a friend. After I accepted the request, he reached out to me on Messenger and asked me to give him money,” said Comer. “So I was like, ‘Alright, you're not Dave’ and I reported them. Just a few hours later, I was...