A photographer’s stubbornness on Facebook Marketplace may well have saved her from being abducted by strangers and trafficked just yards from her workplace. Mallie Taylor was offloading some free autumn and winter decor using the platform when one supposed buyer started rubbing her up the wrong way. Despite the woman…
Scammed homeless woman loses $2,250 over Facebook rental ad | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
Buyers beware: Don’t fall for the Facebook scammers. A TikToker has fallen prey to greedy online scammers, losing $2,250 after falling for a faux rental ad — and it nearly wiped out her entire savings. Stephanie Thacker, who is homeless and has been living with her dog in her car…
Barefoot Investor: My hubby won’t let me stop working | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
I’m writing this to you from my bed, where I have been holed up for the past three days. No, I don’t have the bat-flu — I have the man flu. Unfortunately this slight variation in virus delivers 75 per cent less sympathy from my wife: “Oh, so you’re still…
Scammed homeless woman loses $2,250 over Facebook rental ad | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
Buyers beware: Don’t fall for the Facebook scammers. A TikToker has fallen prey to greedy online scammers, losing $2,250 after falling for a faux rental ad — and it nearly wiped out her entire savings. Stephanie Thacker, who is homeless and has been living with her dog in her car…
This Solo Woman-Owned Maine Bakery is So Savory & Popular | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
According to WGME Channel 13, a new bakery has popped up in Brunswick and folks are certainly taking notice. Ritual Bakehouse & Patisserie draws you in immediately with the aroma of fresh baked good. This new spot is located in a historical building at 111 Maine St in Downtown Brunswick….
Girl From Maine Finally Found Mystery Woman Who Made Her Day | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
This is a story about a little girl who made a best friend all because of a mystery woman. It all happened last Sunday at CVS in Westbrook from 9-10 in the morning where Madasyn was blessed with a present from an angel. Alexis Dotson and her daughter Madasyn were at…
How fake internet lovers are scamming desperate singles out of millions | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
Hoping to find companionship during the pandemic, a Florida woman signed up for Facebook Dating. Within a half-hour, she met “Damian.” He was an orthopedic surgeon who lived a town away, but at the time, he was in Yemen on a four-month UN Peacekeeping mission. “He’s very handsome. He’s very…
Love scams skyrocketing, cost Floridians $40M annually | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
The romance racket is a growing, multimillion dollar-a year industry. Love-related fraud has seen a disturbing, three-fold increase in recent years, with reports of the con tripling to 33,000 between 2016 and 2020, during which time losses quadrupled to $304 million annually, according to the Federal Trade Commission. “I lost…
Woman lost $108K to fraudster using Latvian official’s photos | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
A woman has told of her horror after scammers used photos of a “silver fox” European politician to trick her out of $108,000. Brit Sharon Bulmer was swindled out of thousands after a fraudster sent her a Facebook message saying he was “lonely” in May 2020. The con artist used…
Surprising Things People in Minnesota Got Trick-or-Treating | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
Minnesota Sure Hands Out Some Odd Trick-or-Treating Treats A goldfish, a bag of macaroni salad, and gas station roses that were really underwear. Those are just three of the more unusual items listeners were TREATED to during Halloween’s Trick-or-Treating in SE Minnesota. Most Inappropriate Trick-or-Treating Treat Collin G sent his…