Thousands fall victim to Facebook grant scam

One of the most successful scams this year involves Facebook and some of your best friends.

[wasappme]

My grandmother was also involved in romance scam thank God we found out in time before it got worst Mr. Snow help tracked down the scammer and retrieved what ever she was scammed of..

[jamiecosgrove]

i've been aproached 5 times from 5 different people who used my friends names and pictures. it was unsucessful, i didnt fall for it

[Underappreciatedclassics]

This was just attempted today to me. I was able to connect with my family member and she confirmed it was fraudulent.

[nordicpawsproductions]

they hacked one of my friends and said my name was on some list. not falling for it.

[nanaj]

That happened to me in uk. Luckily I didn’t fall for it and contacted the person who had been hacked! She had no idea.

[larry]

I just got scammed out of $2600 because of this from the DHHP Program and I have been working on this case for 2 years police department can't do nothing about it and the FBI over charges $1500 just to start the case and more after that

[paulawilliams]

Many calls and letters scams. I have been playing for more than 45 year's. Keep the elderly close so they know scams. Paula

[mcso-dep]

a friend of mine just fell victim to this.. the problem is no matter how many vids we send him, how many sit down talks we have with him, he still suckered into it. still giving more money, waiting for the money to come, via mail, they sent him a picture with 50K in a box with his address attached.. that was 7/11/24. as far as we know, he is out approx $6K . but he refuses to accept he's been had. according to BBB/FBI, 3rd party/friends can not file a complaint, only a "cooperating" victim can. not much more we can do.

[godzilla]

I fell for this scam because I was in college, living on my own, and the scammer impersonated my aunt. I lost all my money through cash app.

[philfrizzell]

Facebook needs better security. To prevent hacking

[knowbodiesfull]

This happened to me the very same way. 😥

[alvilla]

If Facebook doesn't care about your security, then stop using Facebook.
I stop using FB about 8 years ago, and now i feel better than before

[mercyrosesalatan]

They hacked also one of my friends try to convince me but when i ask them to reply in our native tounge thats the time they stop.

[apparentlad]

They just tried to impersonate my relative. SMH get a job.

[MonsharkVixen]

This happen to me and I was stupid but lucky I block them when they ask me what store is close by so that part I felt like this is a scam and I left Facebook after that so I’ll no longer use it

[amandagaubaultfashionandha]

Someone call me Mark Henry was talking to me today about grant I told him I don’t have money to send he said give him my fb password so he can make sure no one else collect my check it’s someone I know personally and claims I can cash my check at walmart I didnt

[gabrielscruggsjr]

I spent $40 on Steam gift cards but didn't send any money. The guy name is Douglas James.

[ianburns]

Someone is trying to do this to me right now....I knew something didn't feel right....I gave my ID whoop dee do but then they asked for my Facebook and email no....180, 000 lol for nothing yeah right uh huh

[thegunnerofficial]

They asked me for money to recive my grant i told them i don't have the money they asked me for my facebook pasword and email

[StarLightFilmProductions]

damm my dad almost fell for it but i told him it was a scam and the guy started using his religion saying im a whatever to god and i cant lie some bs ya the is dumb and he kept sending fake photos and i kept calling him out for it but he insisted its “real” so i called the government saskatchewan thay said it was a scam also thay told be to report the guy to the rcmp so i did and thats how my dad managed to keep his 1000$