2 Feb 2024 10:38 am
GHETTOBLASTER » 02 Feb 2024, 10:57 am » wrote: ↑ About 8 years ago when I first got introduced to FB I naturally looked up some old Army friends that I lost touch with.
One of them answered my "friend request" real quick.
So I started talking about all the little things that we did way back then in detail.
I noticed that this person never commented, or expanded on any of these memories and never came up with old stories to tell about our past.
Finally this person offered something.....a way to log on to some web site that was dedicated to finding unclaimed cash benefits that Vietnam Era Veterans have never claimed.
A quick google search revealed that this is a scam, where the Scammers "claim" the FB account of a dead person and then trick the dead person's friends into playing into their scam.
If this **** didn't actually work once in a while I suppose they wouldn't do it.
Thankfully I only lost $20,000 to them.
[OK..just kidding]
A lot of dead people still have accounts. I saw people wished my father a happy birthday even after he passed away. Technology!
Nothing is easier than defending the status quo.