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Bogus Facebook Wall Targets Goedde

State Sen. John Goedde, R-Coeur d'Alene, has had his Facebook page hacked, and state Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, tells of faux Facebook friend requests from people she's already friended. Sen. Goedde tells Huckleberries: "Two days ago, my Facebook page got hacked. Since then the clone page has over 130 friends. When you friend the bogus page, you get an email such as (this one). For the record, the federal government has not sent me $100,000. I know I am not alone in having Facebook challenges such as this." On her Facebook wall, Sen. Keough posts today: "Twice today I've seen Facebook page 'Friend' requests from people I've already 'friended'. One I 'friended' right away and not very long afterward I received a direct message saying how they've gotten a bunch of money and I can too if I just call a number or send an email. I picked up the phone and called the person whose name was used and sure enough it was a fake page. The scary thing is that whoever set up the page copied info and photos to the 'new' page and had enough stuff on it to make it look like it was real." Be very careful in cyberworld.

Question: Anyone else affected by this scam?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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