Hi Folks. I am on a Parents’ Facebook page for my son’s college. A “parent” has posted that she is a recent widow and is looking to make friends. It strikes me as fishy. Punctuation not always correct, you get the picture. After my son joined his Class FB page, there was a fishy-sounding post and I found that it was a scam and they were posting on various college FB pages. Wondering if it’s the same with this “widow.” I have googled various phrases from her post + “scam” but have gotten no hits. Has anyone else has a “widow” post on a parents page?
Stay far away and just post that it might be a scam.
If the Facebook page has a moderator, perhaps that person can verify whether the widow is actually a parent of a student .
I messaged the Moderator but I’d also like to find proof.
We had this pop up on a message board that I moderate. It’s just what’s going around now, and it’s a scam.
The Parent’s FB pages that I am a member of have mods that screen first and verify that your child is a student at the school. They do not just accept random requests to join the group. I thought this is how every Parents FB page worked. Once you are screened and approved other group members have access to your FB page along with all that is posted there - pictures of your children, family, where you live…
I would not join a group that did not undertake that screening.
In the groups I belong to, I can’t see everything for members who I’m not friends with.
In fact, there are occasional issues where someone in the group will share a picture that isn’t public and not everyone in the group can see it.
“Once you are screened and approved other group members have access to your FB page along with all that is posted there - pictures of your children, family, where you live…”
On facebook, no one has full access to your profile unless you accept them as a friend. The issue is most people make too much of their profile public. Put yourself on lockdown mode and make sure all photos, posts are “friends only”.
I suppose it has to do with your personal settings but for the majority of people in my parent groups I have access to what looks to me like their complete page – postings are current.
All these groups have current parents as mods, cannot believe they do not screen the requests.
MotherofDragons, can you share some of the verbiage used?
It’s possible a widowed mom with poor English might think she can connect with other parents. She may not be savvy that that’s more a hs thing.
We don’t know what else is suspicious. Don’t accept any friendship requests from her. Keep your own private fb page posts set to “friends.”