The woman said she fell for a fraudulent message and was locked out of her Facebook account. Things escalated rapidly.
DENVER - A woman is sharing her story after she became the victim of a scam.It’s a moment that has left this family traumatized: A man they said they’ve never seen before, armed with two guns, came looking for a Jessica, showing up to their home Thursday.
The thing is, Jessice Otero Garcia said she never said those things he claimed, doesn’t know the man and doesn’t even live at that Denver home anymore. But her family does. “He could have hurt my my aunt. He could have hurt my cousin. He could have shot one of them,” she said.In November, Garcia saw a post on Facebook from someone posing as an old middle school friend.Garcia, a young mom herself, said she was wary but reached out anyway, thinking it was her friend.
“They’re like, you know, what’s the best way to do this is through Bitcoin, through Cash app,” she said.“So I’m like, ‘OK, I just got scammed for $150.’ I was like, ‘That’s fine. Whatever,’” she said.Garcia then got a message from Facebook asking for information to prove she owns the account. So she ended up providing her email, phone number and eventually her driver’s license.
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