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Facebook scams stealing money | What's the Deal?
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Something is missing from Jennifer Bleeke's morning routine.
That something is Facebook because a scammer locked Bleeke out of her account.
"I tried to get in, and it wouldn't let me in," Bleeke said.
Then, the situation got worse.
"I got a phone call from a friend that said, 'Are you really selling that backhoe?'"
The scammer wrote a post saying Bleeke's sister-in-law has Stage 4 lung cancer and was selling some big-ticket items to raise money.
"A car, a golf cart, yard equipment, tractors," Bleeke recalled.
While friends said they reported the suspicious post to Facebook, Bleeke estimates the money traps stayed up for weeks.
MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/money/whats-the-deal/scammers-hacking-facebook-accounts-stealing-from-friends-whats-the-deal/531-d8634618-973d-485d-bbd6-c9f35b9c1570