A lot of us love sharing stories and content on social media. But we’ve got a warning: you may be sharing scams with your friends without even knowing it. Fraudsters are tricking people into sharing their suspicious links and scams. KPRC2Amy
A really common example of this is missing pets or missing people posts. You may feel inclined to just share those to help find the person or animal. But a lot of those aren’t real. After we all share it the scammer then edits the post to something entirely different.
So, suddenly that post about a missing pet shared all over Facebook is now an ad for something. One KPRC viewer says she shared a Barbie movie quote. A few days later she noticed the content of the post changed and it was now an advertisement for a quilt website.Unless you scroll back or someone lets you know, you may not even know the new content is now on your page and it’s already been shared with all of your followers.
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