PLEASE Stop Falling For These Stupid Facebook Scams Now

Every Day, Another One Of My Facebook Friends Falls For Another Scam

Working for Townsquare Media has made me a lot more savvy to online scams.  There are so many times when things on Facebook look fun, but I know that my friends that do them will have this message on their FB sooner rather than later:

"I've been hacked.  Don't accept any friend requests from me."

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There Are Different Ways To Get You With Facebook Scams

I decided to do this article because I've seen 2 of these posts on my Facebook feed in the last couple of weeks.

I've had the one with the little boy, at least, twice and the other I've seen is the girl in the tie-dyed shirt.

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I Was Just Trying To Help

That's what the scammer is hoping for. These are scams that change the narrative in the post after circulating it for a couple of days, exposing you and your friends to the scam.

Other similar posts that result in a scam are the ones that say something like:

• My mom made this quilt and thinks you all will hate it
• Help! Someone stole my (insert anything here) will you help find it
• Posts featuring missing at-risk adults
• Posts featuring pets that are hurt or lost

This Scams Puts Your Account And Identity At Risk

Ladies, I am talking to you about this one. Not ONE of my male friends has fallen for this scam.  HOWEVER, SEVERAL of my female friends have fallen for this and gone so far as to use these AI generated pictures as profile pictures.

I beg of you all, STOP FALLING FOR THIS. I get it.  It's nice to see best scenario us. It's great to look pretty and put together.

I ask you, is it worth your identity? Is it worth exposing your friends to this scam? Is it worth your Facebook page? For the love of all that's holy, STOP.

Honorable Mention Scam Goes To:

"Hey everyone, I just tried this today and now I can see old friends I haven't seen for years.  Just copy and paste this to your page and you won't believe the results."

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Or maybe the silliest one of all that I just honestly can not believe people still fall for:

"I hereby do not give Facebook permission to share my whatever and whatever and whatever"

Baaaahaaaa haaa haaa haaa!

How could you possibly think that is legally binding?

All it does is show scammers you tend to fall for what they're selling.

COME ON.  You are better than this.