Beware of social media messaging scams | Letters

My name is Darcy, and I spend too much time online.

I’ve always helped people out when I could. This is how I got sucked in.

On Saturday, I received an unusual message on Facebook Messenger from a woman. She is a friend of a friend. Close enough to be a friend of mine.

The message: “If $2000 was deposited to your cash app what will you send it on”.

I know, bad spelling, punctuation, everything—I replied anyway.

“There are a few women I help out.”

This person, going by Rachel, seemed happy with my response and asked for my Cash tag.

This is where I got STUPID. I gave Rachel my Cashapp tag. Bad idea! Someone whom I think is doing something nice. Wrong! Even on Facebook, you can’t trust people, especially when they offer a large amount of money. I hadn’t had my coffee yet. I clearly wasn’t thinking.

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At this point, Rachel asked me if I had cash in my CashApp because I needed it to receive the $2000. What?

I say that I do. This is getting fishy now. She says I need $50 for payment processing. I tell her it’s there. It isn’t. Who keeps money in CashApp? That’s what bank accounts are for.

Rachel sends a message, and you have to understand the logic here:

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