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Kate Hawkesby says she’s thrilled a Facebook scam has now been removed from the social media platform after it impersonated Newstalk ZB’s Early Edition host and told people they’d won a share of $20,000.
A scammer had made a Facebook page pretending to be Hawkesby, and appeared to use photos of her from Google.
In a column, Hawkesby wrote that they were commenting on her show page, Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby, and telling commentators they’d won a cash prize. All they had to do, it claimed, was enter their credit card details to a provided link.
“I’m thrilled they have finally seen sense and taken it down,” Hawkesby said.
“It’s a shame it took that long. It’s great it’s finally down, what a relief.”
Initially, Facebook, owned by Meta, didn’t believe the scam is fake, said Hawkesby.
“The concerning thing is that Facebook doesn’t appear interested in shutting it down, I just think they are unable to discern between what’s fake and what’s real because in their mind it is legit,” she said earlier.
She was not sure how many people have been targeted by the scam.
Hawkesby said she was only made aware of the scam when people started messaging her on Instagram expressing how excited they were to be selected.
“I spent a good chunk of yesterday messaging people back explaining sadly they’d…
