Woman loses hundreds trying to ‘sell a pair of pants’ after Facebook Marketplace scam | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams

WASHINGTON (7News) — Scammers are turning to Facebook Marketplace more frequently to carry out their crimes. Recently, Sam Silverman, content strategy editor for Entrepreneur.com, tells 7News she lost $300 when a scammer targeted her. Silverman shared what happened with 7News On Your Side’s Lindsey Mastis. “I just wanted to sell…

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Woman loses hundreds trying to ‘sell a pair of pants’ after Facebook Marketplace scam | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams

WASHINGTON (7News) — Scammers are turning to Facebook Marketplace more frequently to carry out their crimes. Recently, Sam Silverman, content strategy editor for Entrepreneur.com, tells 7News she lost $300 when a scammer targeted her. Silverman shared what happened with 7News On Your Side’s Lindsey Mastis. “I just wanted to sell…

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Nottinghamshire Police warns online daters about the dangers of fake celebrity profiles after a Nottinghamshire woman lost thousands to a fraudster posing as ITV chef James Martin | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams

A woman was dumped out of thousands of pounds by a romance fraudster posing as TV chef James Martin. Online daters are being warned about the dangers of fake celebrity profiles. The woman believed she was exchanging messages with the ITV star via Facebook and lost about £5,000 in the…

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