There are always numerous forms of fraud being perpetrated on Facebook. Learn about them, and make some effort to help minimize their proliferation.

Some of the fraud being perpetrated is by spreading images, to gain “likes”, which can be converted to monetary gain.  The people who spread these things choose a subject such as religion, wildlife, love, or human compassion. They know that many people will “share” and/or “like” those kind of things.  So, for example, after a bad storm they may create a picture of somebody, and claim they lost their home and all their belongings, and that because of some technicality they are disqualified from receiving any assistance. They will claim that for every “like”, money will be donated to those people. But it is all a scam. When they gather enough “likes”, they make money. No money goes to the cause or victims stated in these fraudulent claims.

Fortunately, Facebook is working to help reduce the number of fradulent posts, but it is a never-ending battle. The people who do these things read legitimate articles written to help small businesses, which turn provide jobs in our economy.