Scam, threats aimed at elected officials investigated
Warren Mayor Jim Fouts cautioned friends and supporters after bogus social media accounts were created using his name and likeness.
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WARREN — Many people get Facebook friend requests from people they’re already friends with, accompanied by vague questions like, “How are you doing?” It’s a sure sign that a friend’s account has been “hacked” for some unknown purpose by someone sitting who knows where.
But when the operators of fake accounts start asking for money, that’s crossing the line.
“I just urge citizens to disregard anything where I would be asking them for money or anything like that,” Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said on May 6. “Obviously, it’s a fraud. I guess they’ve been sending things to City Hall employees under my name.”