While many scammers are simply seeking out money, these fraudsters are after something with a different type of value: access to social media followers.
For Caroline, the fraudsters had not only gained access to her Facebook account, they could now reach the hundreds of thousands of people who follow her page and trust her content.
They could target Caroline’s fans with any messaging they want: Crypto scams, fake advertising, phishing schemes or malware could be spread, using the account as bait.
The payments that Facebook made to Caroline for legitimate advertising on her page also stopped when her account was compromised.
It is unclear why the platform stopped these payments and the Scam Secrets team, despite correspondence with the company, couldn’t get a specific response concerning this.
After many months of negotiation, and worry, these payments did start up again and Caroline regained control of her account. But it was not an easy process.
