[SCAM] How to Avoid Scams on Facebook - Comments Page 2

Own personal recommendation is, do what I do, and that is Use Nothing But Fictictious , phony and fake information! And I guarantee YOU will never hear from them again. Another way and I have been told this really works, ASK THEM NUMEROUS QUESTIONS, without giving them a chance to answer the first one! You can have a Lot of Fun. I do it once in awhile when I am Bored!

I joined Facebook to keep up with family members and friends who don't live nearby. There are also special interest groups I joined because of shared interests.

About six months ag, someone used my name to set up fake account, Thanks to vigilant friends, the fake was shut down in a couple hours.

This is a really good article, and really needed to teach people about scamming. I have been scammed by 5 people just since December. Once they realize they won't get anything from you then they move on. Some things I have learned from them is;They tell you how much they love you within the first 6 hours of meeting you, the way they write you can tell English is not their native language, they want you to send them either - very expensive item's, open a bank account, or give them your bank account information, or receive an envelope through a wire service and send it to someone else. When you ask them to talk on the phone, they come up with a lot of excuses why they can't talk. The best way to handle a scammer is to not let them know you are on to them and block them right away. I hope this helps someone!! Thanks for reading.

We all know that a fool and his money is soon parted I'm wondering how they ever got together in the first place.

"...if you dip into the gene pool 1.5 billion times, you’re bound to touch bottom."

I LOVE THAT!!

Great article, Bob, and I have a question about it.

Was it a pure coincidence you knew someone with that name or was that person's friends list somehow compromised and everyone on it received the scam message?

EDITOR'S NOTE: I did have a friend with that name, and her account was compromised.