Perth grandmother scammed out of $10,000 over Facebook

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A woman has been scammed out of $10,000 by her Facebook friend who had been hacked with AI.

Sally Marchant thought she was speaking to a friend just days before Christmas, but it was anything but.READ MORE:A grandmother from Perth's southern suburbs is sharing her "humiliating" story as a warning to other who use Facebook, after she was scammed out of $10,000. The 59-year-old was asked to send $10,000 for a prize in return for $200,000."I really believed I was talking to my friend, messaging him," she said.

"You could have spent that on so many other wonderful things. So I was cross with myself, I was quite humiliated."

 

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