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.
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If you have a Mac you can also use the Mail program \"bounce\" feature and it will bounce back to the sender as if you are an incorrect address, (go to menu bar, message (frop down mentu) >Bounce. That way you can disengage and possibly get your name off of the mailing list at the same time.