"A Wake Up Call For All"

This is not the picture I wanted to post, but the other one is on my I phone and I don't know how to transfer it to my regular pictures. It is a pic of the police officer, and me. 9-19-2019 Perryton. TX

 

My day started off good this morning, but before noon I had been scammed, and didn't realize it until after I had given my social security number. I wasn't asked for it, but supposedly a good friend texted me and said she had received her grant money form the FTC, Federal Trade Commission. She said it was something about Social Security beneficiaries, and a lot of people were eligible for it. She had applied, and got her grant for a business or anything she wanted to do with the money. She said it was a grant and didn't have to be paid back. Well I was a bit skeptical about that, but a member of my family had told me her mother had been contacted about saving her some money on her insurance, and other things. At first she was skeptical, but little by little she followed instructions, and she did get her insurance lowered, and was being saved several hundred dollars a month. I had been reading on face book where many seniors were eligible for extra benefits, but didn't know it. This friend who texted me said she had been blessed, and suggested I contact the number to see if I qualified. Not thinking too much of it I did text the number. I gave them my name and social security number to see if I qualified. Supposedly they had a list of all who qualified if they had enough information to check for sure. A lawyer called me back claiming to be my agent, and said he would check further. By this time I was getting very skeptical and called this friend. She told me she had not texted me, nor did she get any grant money. I headed for the Police Station. The officer took my I phone, and read all the bull and blocked a few numbers, then told me that my friend had been hacked, and I had been scammed. He told me to tell her to change her pass word, and if I had any more trouble to come back. He did take his picture in his uniform beside me and sent the message to the hacker saying maybe we should meet. But before the officer did that the evil creature kept trying to get more information from me. The officer gave me a number to call the social security office and tell them I had been a victim of a scam, and have them to watch my SS number. I am learning more every day just how wicked this old world is getting to be. I have been attempted to be scammed several times before, but only once, the first time it happened, did I get fooled. Never, never get too confident in your friends when they sound a little bit too excited on the text msg.

God bless

Myrtle Jean Sharp