Have you noticed that people, often from different countries, hijack Facebook coin group posts and show their own coins rather than commenting or answering questions? Here’s an example:
The above hijackers were responding to this post:
To many, this is just a nuisance. But it also can be hazardous as many such posters have malicious intentions including scamming you, phishing your email or Facebook site, and worse–algorithmic manipulation.
Let’s define that: Algorithmic manipulation is the intentional use of computer data to exploit your vulnerabilities or pull information from and about you, often via a bot or program to scrape data.
They also might appear on a FB post that solicits lots of comments–like the post above about the 1982-D Small Date Cent.
These scammers might have stolen or fake accounts. They hijack posts and show coins that they do not own, trying to get you to engage them about buying. Or they just might want your personal data for some other spurious reason.
Some cannot get a legitimate FB account and so use “likes” or engagement as a ruse to operate without being blocked.
If you are the target of a scammer, file a report with the group moderator. Many people do not know how to do this. Here’s a video about this with easy instructions:
You can also use Facebook’s contact form to report impostor.
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