Be Cautious FaceBook Scammers Want Your Sensitive Information!

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Dear readers,

First of all, I like to thank all of you who took the time to react on my blog and questions, I am currently going under in work, and I apologize that I did not had the time yet to answer to all your comments and questions.

I will do this the weekend, thank you all for your patience. Today I write you this post as it is important information you need to be aware off, some of you might not be that cautious and get damaged if you act on scammers as I found one today. I thought it was a community member from WA seeing the connection with another WAer.

Beware of FaceBook Messenger Scammers!

Ever been approached by FaceBook people through chat? Be very cautious in whatever you do as there are scammers trying to get your personal data!

I found one just now and it looks like FaceBook already received a scam report as the profile page is unavailable now. I blocked the scammer and the chat to this person as well flagging for possible scam.

The possible scammer is trying to lure you into a chat and offering you free money. Well we all know by now that nothing comes for free. When trying to ask for more information about the persons company, website, the scammer will ignore it and come with evading answers that you just need to give him your data to take it from there.

Never Ever do this, do not fall for it!!!! If you do not receive more information, it is not serious and even if you receive information, first do your research online to find out more about this.

It is very unlikely anyone offers you money, no company in the world just gives money away like that!!!

You can identify scammers on:

  • bad English
  • evading questions
  • offering free money
  • pressure to give in

Here is the chat so you can learn from it, the person who tried to sneak himself on me is called "Lary Scot" and when you google this name you don't find anything. Furthermore, my alarm bell ringed telling me the company he works for is Fedex, well we know all that this company is surely not an investor company giving away free money.

Lary
Hey how are you doing

Answer
Great thanks

Lary
Ok.what are you doing
Hey man what do you do for living?

Ok am an agent

Note: the word “I or we” is missing

grant people money
Ok can I introduce you to our company and u eligible for the business
can I read more about you and what you do before?

It's a money grant company the name of the company is FEDEX
And we award money to people who need help so are u intrested

Note: very bad spelling, be cautious

Ok first you have to fill some thing for me

GRANT VERIFICATION FORM Full Name:.......... Home Address:.......... Phone Number:………. Email address:………... Occupation:.......... Monthly Income:.......... Sex:......... Age…………… 7 Marital Status……………... Do you want cash or check.............

It's a business that you can get more money for your business what you have to do is fill the form and I will tell you what to do.next

It's not a group business it a personal business that can make you rich

Answer
do you have a website?

Lary
You don't need that am.the agent talk to me please fill the form


From here on you know it is a Scammer trying to get your personal info. Flag the chat and block the person, help protecting others against fraudulent people like these.

I hope this blog will help you all to be cautious when you are on social media, many dangers are luring, always be cautious and do research if you plan to communicate with so called persons offering you anything for free.


Take care everyone and be safe!

Stefan, ToLiNoLi

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Hi Stefan,

Happy you experienced it before me. Haha. Joking of course and you handled it well. Like, like, thanks for sharing and I’m happy you’re ok.

Kindly your best fan, like, like, lol, and talk to you soon. Nothing gets passed you, my friend.

Becky

Hi Becky,

I will keep you safe whenever I can and be your hero. ;)

Everything for my best VIP fans!

Stefan, like Stefan, like like like :))

Stefan, Haha, lol, like, like, like, you crack me up. And like, like, back at yah.

Like, like, lol, your like, like, lol, fan....

Becky :):):)

To Like or Not To Like that is the Liking Liker. Like?

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Stefan :)

Haha, yeapers, you, like, like, crack me up. Have a great, like, like, day, Stefan-fan-fan.

Becky

Thank you.

Sheila

You are welcome Sheila. :)

The name of the company is "FEDEX" really that alone should have set off the alarm bells

F = Funding
E = Extraterrestrial
D = Donation
E = Entities
X = X

lol :D

I like it. X=X wow

:D

You forgot generals who look for women to marry , poor American soldiers in Iraque, refugees, people who got huge inheritance, lottery winners- maybe not all even...:))

lol lol lol, love it Vera, you Rock! :D

:))

Thanks for sharing! Good to know!
Best,
Marcus

Hi Marcus, stay safe out there. :)

Thank you for the warning Stefan.

Best Wishes
Hazel

Hello Hazel,

At your service :)

Stefan

Thanks for this information. I know this is true I’ve had it to happen more than once. They are very convincing

Yup, they try first to sneak in by saying hello, nice pep talk and then trying to get to your data, asking for money or spamming you.

Stay safe.

Thanks for sharing, I'll certainly keep an eye out for this "Lary Scot" and any suspicious looking chats like this on FB messenger and block them immediately.

You need to check your accounts, good possible you got some bad apples between them.

Thankful I have never experienced a FB hacker.

I hope it stays like that for you. :)

You make a great point about taking action and flagging this activity so others won't be subjected to this scam, too. Thanks for sharing.

Exactly, if we all do this, we help each other making it a much safer place.

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