NIXA, Mo. (KY3) – If you transfer money using an app, you’ll want to know about this scam.
Like many people, a Nixa couple used Facebook Pay to send and receive money. They thought they got a message from a friend. Turns out, it was all a lie and they lost hundreds of dollars.
“I can’t pay my bills. I can’t do anything. I don’t have money,” said Jamie Fargo.
Scammers stole from this family of six. Jamie and Shawn Fargo did not think they’d be duped.
“If this happened to us, and we are careful with our stuff, it’s going to happen to anybody,” said Shawn Fargo.
It all started with a Facebook message from a friend. It reads: ‘Look who died.’
“I had gotten rid of a dog, maybe two or three years ago,” said Jamie Fargo. “I thought the dog had passed. So I clicked on it, not knowing. And it snowballed from there.”
The hacker was in Jamie’s account. Then another friend got an $800 payment message from Jamie. Remember, Jamie is not really behind the screen. The message says: Haha I sent it to you by mistake, send it back. The friend complied. The hacker changed Jamie’s bank info on Facebook Pay and was able to pocket the $800. That friend sent Jamie a text, asking if she really sent $800.
“I’m like, I didn’t,” she said.
Thanks to that friend notifying Jamie, the hacker did not get more. Jamie had another device logged in.
“She was able to get back in, change her password and lock them out,” said Shawn Fargo.
Shawn and Jamie are working with…
