I've since deleted the many comments this scammer left on a post of mine, but the gist was he didn't want jokesters contacting him but if we sent him a direct message some very exciting things, possibly involving a Tesla though it wasn't clear, would happen.
Of course, the only thing that would happen would be phising or a pig butchering scam.
But apparently the comment itself didn't violate anything, so be it.
I searched for the offending profile on Facebook. Many like it, but none the same. I wals also unable to highlight either the name or the profile pic to go to their page to report them.
So not only does Facebook not care that these scammers are on their platform, they're aiding and abetting, likely for a fee.
As always, if the service is free (as it is on Facebook because who'd pay for this) the product is you.
On another Facebook note: I've reported here before that someone used my work email account to set up a fake profile of me on Facebook. I kept getting notifications at my work email about friends I should be contacting. I reported the initial contat to our IT department, but the messages kept coming.
Last week, they stopped. So either the account is dead or the messages are going to spam or the IT department was finally successful. I should check to see if I can link my work email to my personal account now. Though that might make IT seek to get me shut down after a year. . .
UPDATE: They're still trying.
My friend did mention the word "prize" in a response, so that one's on him.
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