Today we received notice that a local gal's Facebook account is being hacked to ask her friends for money.  (Initial's B.J.)

She's supposedly stranded in London after being mugged at gun point. The person will direct you to send money to an address in London or will direct you to send it Western Union...but DON'T DO IT!!!!

This is not true, she's at work and frantic to stop this scamming!

If you get a note like this, ask some questions.

Ask how their son ___  is, make up the name of a son they DON'T have...this will tell you this is NOT the person you think!

Ask how their pet is...that they DON'T have....

But DO NOT fall for this scam!FOLKS BEWARE!!!!

As I type this, I am talking to this scammer on Facebook, as well as sending email to the local police department to see if we can track them down, but am being told chances of this are slim, so let's have some fun...

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Here's our chat below: (P.S. Hello, Hacker, yes, this was me you were talking to...)

"Hacker" Hey how's it going today?

"Me"working on story for today \";)\"
"Hacker" did you get my email
 
"Me" nope...
 
Am not too good,are you aware we traveled to London,England for short vacation
 
no I"m not! How's it going?
 

I'm stranded in London with my family
got mugged at gun point last night it sucks and scary,all cash,credit cards and cell were stolen off me
....?
 
how can I help????
 
I need you to loan me some few cash to sort out the hotel bills and also take a cab to the airport
I promise to pay back tomorrow as soon as we get back
....?
 
where do I send it?
 
you can have it wired to my name and location via western union
do you know of any western union around you?
 
I can do that, but how does it work?
 
all you need is my name and location
 
Ok, so I just tell them B***** in London???
 
let me give you the info you need
...?
let me give you the info you need
 
ok....
 
Name:B**** J**********
Location: 7 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4HQ, United Kingdom
got it
how soon can you have it done
 
ok, can I do this with a credit card?
 
yes.....
just log onto www.westernunion.com
 
ok is there an account number or something I need??? It might be a while, I'm at work and they are watching me...
 
all you need is my name and location
 
ok that will work!
 
yes
 
brb
 
ok
are you on the western union website
 
boss here wait
 
okay
 
hey what's the phone number where I can reach you later?
 
i don't have access to cell phone
all we need now is 1,500
 
ok will see what I can do
 
i owe you a lot
keep me posted
 
yeah no kidding \":)\"
Am putting word out on my facebook pages as well!
 
i don't want anyone to panic
don't do that
9:45am
oh okay...
Hey, here's and interesting story for you http://www.vintoniowa.org/articles/News/article103135.html
 
 
.....................I LOVE this job!!!
An update...they have now hacked into the e-mail account of these folks...they are now using this address..1216 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, London, E2 8DP,United Kingdom.