RCMP warning of social media scam

There is a social media scam circulating in the province where scammers are using Facebook to share fake missing persons posts in the hopes of gaining access to personal information.

These posts are typically circulated through various buy and sell Facebook pages and often say that there is a missing person, specifically a child or a police officer, in the area where the buy and sell group is located.

These fake posts are often used to collect Facebook users’ information. Every time you share the post or comment on it, the scammer may gain access to your Facebook account information, including your friends list. This information can then be used for other ill-intended purposes such as cloning an account and attempting to scam your friends.

These types of posts can be reported to Facebook. The three small ‘…’ up in the right-hand corner of the post will provide this opportunity. Do not even comment on it that it is fake.