Sunday, August 4, 2013
True Story Facebook can be stressful
There are so many hoaxes and fake profiles on Facebook it gets crazy sometimes. I generally friend anyone that ask, so I really do not know a lot of my FB friends. Yesterday afternoon I was messaged by someone I really do not know from the picture she appeared to be a college age female. At first from the conversation I assumed that she needed help with an assignment that my background in LE and or Investigations could help her with. Turned out it was money she wanted it was a sad story of being behind on her college fees. After this message from her “ Please any amount you can help me with i be happy to get it and i promise you that if you help me after that what ever you ask me to do i will do it i promise you please.” I blocked the page and profile.
Last night at approx. 10:PM my time, I was messaged by someone else I really do not know. The FB page does not have a photo of the person or a name of the person. They claimed that they were in a lot of physical pain and was in an abusive relationship. I was thinking here we go again. But something in that gut of mine told me keep her talking. This person claimed that they were going to overdose on pain medication and go to sleep for the night. I looked over the page and profile and was able to find just enough to use to further investigate and was able to come up with a possible address for this person. While continuing to try and keep this person talking. I located the contact info for the local Law Enforcement there. When I contacted them I knew it sounded strange but they did listen to me I had also located a contact e-mail address for the agency there and had already sent them a copy of the conversation and I advised the dispatcher of that. This dispatcher is one of the best I have ever dealt with. Turns out it was not a hoax. I was contacted back later by Law Enforcement there and the person was being provided services. I do not know why this person picked me, but I am glad I was able to help.
There are so many hoaxes and fake profiles on Facebook it gets crazy sometimes. I generally friend anyone that ask, so I really do not know a lot of my FB friends. Yesterday afternoon I was messaged by someone I really do not know from the picture she appeared to be a college age female. At first from the conversation I assumed that she needed help with an assignment that my background in LE and or Investigations could help her with. Turned out it was money she wanted it was a sad story of being behind on her college fees. After this message from her “ Please any amount you can help me with i be happy to get it and i promise you that if you help me after that what ever you ask me to do i will do it i promise you please.” I blocked the page and profile.
Last night at approx. 10:PM my time, I was messaged by someone else I really do not know. The FB page does not have a photo of the person or a name of the person. They claimed that they were in a lot of physical pain and was in an abusive relationship. I was thinking here we go again. But something in that gut of mine told me keep her talking. This person claimed that they were going to overdose on pain medication and go to sleep for the night. I looked over the page and profile and was able to find just enough to use to further investigate and was able to come up with a possible address for this person. While continuing to try and keep this person talking. I located the contact info for the local Law Enforcement there. When I contacted them I knew it sounded strange but they did listen to me I had also located a contact e-mail address for the agency there and had already sent them a copy of the conversation and I advised the dispatcher of that. This dispatcher is one of the best I have ever dealt with. Turns out it was not a hoax. I was contacted back later by Law Enforcement there and the person was being provided services. I do not know why this person picked me, but I am glad I was able to help.
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