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PoindexterOglethorpe

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14. Ahhh. I have gotten more than one thing on FB

Mon Nov 8, 2021, 12:38 AM

Nov 2021

telling me not to accept a new friend request as that person's account has been hacked. Oddly enough, I've never gotten those second, fake requests. I do hope I'd be savvy enough to know I'm already friends with that person and just ignore the request.

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Regarding spam scam and FB friend requests [View all] Tetrachloride Nov 2021 OP

Can you clarify what you are talking about left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #1

Spam in that its a mass event. Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #3

Free money ????? and you turned it down?????? 3Hotdogs Nov 2021 #2

If anyone gives you a dollar.... fwvinson Nov 2021 #4

"you get a friend request" left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #5

Yes. ty for checking. I have a friend with connections. Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #6

None of this makes sense to me left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #7

link for information on dhhs scam Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #9

Never encountered it left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #11

I don't accept most friend requests in the first place. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2021 #8

In this case, the person was already known to me for decades Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #10

Ahhh. I have gotten more than one thing on FB PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2021 #14

I get them, but ignore or block them LeftInTX Nov 2021 #15

I hope you didn't canetoad Nov 2021 #12

thats exactly what they were after. Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #13