Fraud Alert
In the message section of my Facebook page, I received the following communication beginning at 4:49 from a trusted friend. Only it wasn’t actually my friend. It was a scammer who hijacked my trusted friend’s Facebook account.
Hello How are you doing?
me: I’m fine. How are you?
Am fine doing great no complain, always thank God for life
Hope you have heard about the CDFA program going on?
me: No. I haven’t.
It is COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE They are compensating user’s like Citizen, workers,hearing,deaf ,old, young, students, widowed, Retired and people with disabilities to benefit from them financially to maintain the standard of living. they compensate me with $50,000 from there database, i think you should contact the agent in charge to claim yours do you know how to do that?
me: This is where I get off and report you!
At the top right side of the message box is a star, indicated in the inforgraphic above with a red arrow. When selected, a window appears with the last option (circled in red) labeled “Report.”
Do this if and when this happens to you. Facebook actively manages scammers.
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