Facebook Marketplace scam: Fake buyer 'armed with a knife' threatens Aussie
by Daily Mail
Daily Mail— Julian Rivers-Smith, 33, was confronted by an armed gang after he invited a would-be buyer to pick up a laptop from his Ascot Vale home in inner-city Melbourne.
The Philippine Star—‘Beware of fake Globe rewards scam’. There is a fake rewards promotional campaign supposedly led by telecommunications giant Globe Telecom, according to the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center.
PAHOMEPAGE—Man scammed out of $100K by fake federal agents. BLOOMING GROVE TWP., PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police report a man was scammed multiple times losing over $100,000 by men pretending to be federal agents. According to Pennsylvania State Police, on March 26 a 68-year-old man from Hawley reported about a scam. Police say between March 19-26 the victim was scammed on three occasions []
BBC News—How fraudsters are getting fake articles onto Facebook. Scammers are able to get past automated checks on the social media giant to try to defraud users.