Facebook users warned of cruel ‘missing uncle’ post that’s been shared hundreds of times
The purpose behind it is so fraudsters can go and edit the post after to something completely different., they'll put something like a deceptive rental ad or a link pointing to a survey that "guarantees" a cash prize.So you've unintentionally set Facebook friends onto dubious pages where they can be scammed.There are ways to work out whether the person posting something in a Group is a scammer or not.If it says from somewhere far away that should be an instant red flag.
That's because bad actors are usually caught and their accounts banned, meaning they have to create a new one each time. You should also see how long they've been a member - if it's very recent, that's definitely not a good sign.Another tip is copy and pasting the text of their post in Google to see if others have reported it.as well, to see if it's been used somewhere else.
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