Heads up about fake FB phishing scam
This morning I got a friend request on FB from a high school classmate of my sister. I'm not active on FB, and only use it to keep up with family and see photos, etc., so I didn't pick up on the fact that I was already "Friends" with this person.
I usually just ignore Friend requests, but I accepted this one thinking that maybe this person was trying to contact my sister, so I accepted it. This morning, very early, I got a message from this fake account. It was still early, and I didn't immediately pick up on the fact that this was a fake account until the person said that got a large payment from the government, and asking if I had been contacted. This was followed by photos of a FedEx envelope and a photo of a lot of cash. By that time the caffeine in my coffee had kicked in and I was alert enough to see this was a fake account. I blocked that account, and will see if there's a way to report it.
Just a heads up to always be wary.
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I was tempted to keep it going long enough to see what the ultimate goal was. Then I got concerned that someone might spoof my own profile. But considering my very short list of Friends isn't visible, I guess there's no danger of that happening. 