Help! My reputation and my friends’ financial security are at stake.
On May 27, my Facebook account was cloned. I thought someone was just using my Facebook account to impersonate me and I closed it. I thought that would protect me and my friends. But no, this creep cloned my account. While I am no longer on Facebook, he continues to operate as me, using my profile, photo, etc. And now he is starting to ask for money, using poor grammar, from what I understand.
If I’d known that closing my account wouldn’t stop this, I would have alerted all of my “friends” as to what was happening. But when I killed my Facebook account, I also eliminated my friend list. So I am trying various other methods of reaching those people who had agreed in good faith to be my Facebook friends and warning them about this imposter.
If you get anything from me through Facebook, it is not from me. Do NOT respond to any pleas for money from anyone using my name or Facebook persona.
Yes, we have contacted the “Facebook team.” I think they are on vacation or taking an extended martini lunch because they have not responded in any way. We left a message on their phone. We have gone through all of the things they suggest online to alert them to this scam. We have heard nothing and nothing seems to have been done.
A few friends have reported this scammer. We are trying to reach others to warn them and to ask them to report him. If you are a friend of mine on Facebook, please, if you receive something from this creep, do NOT send him money or even give him the time of day. And DO report him to the “Facebook team.” Perhaps they will eventually wake up from their afternoon naps and take action to protect their members.
Reach me here: PLFry620@yahoo.com