Transcript from a chat with a “friend” earlier this morning:
Matt
hi
whats up?
7:20amMatt
hi
whats up?
7:20amRakesh
Hi Matt
Everything OK?
7:21amMatt
well,im really stuck here in london
i had to visit a resort here in london and i got robbed at the hotel im staying
7:22amRakesh
ack… that’s terrible. Sorry to hear it.
7:22amMatt
yeah,thanks
we just want some helo flying back home
7:23amRakesh
So why are you stuck there?’
7:23amMatt
all my money to get a ticket back home got stolen
7:25amRakesh
I didn’t understand this “we just want some helo flying back home”
7:25amMatt
help*
actually i got some money wired to me to catch a flight back home
but we still need $800 more to complete our ticket fee and fly back home
7:26amRakesh
good
Honestly, it sounds like someone’s hacked your Facebook account and is using it to defraud your friends.
7:26amMatt
i have the money in my checking acct,i cant just access it from here
this really me
Lauren is here with me
and my kids
7:28amRakesh
your wife’s name is on your profile page
7:28amMatt
what about my kids name?
7:28amRakesh
in photos?
how do we know each other? when did we meet?
7:29amMatt
from school
I do not know this guy from “school”… So when I responded and he figured out that I was on to him, he blocked me, etc. I tried emailing Matt at his e-mail address, but who knows if that address was his real address or not…
wow thats pretty crazy, good catch on the defraud attempt.
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