Inside a government agent impostor's Facebook scam

CBS 2's Lauren Victory explores how a suburban man and thousands of other consumers missed the warning signs and lost millions of dollars.
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[@Onsanio]

Mike is only hiding his face because he doesn't want to get roasted by his coworkers when they see him on the news 😂

[@commonuser-2554]

They still know his voice and they know his body posture.

[@muffycrosswire]

You have $2k to give away but worried about paying off your bills… 😒

[@jameswhite-gu6fb]

Remember if it sounds too good to be true IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. Obviously this guy didn’t get the message😂

[@ronaldhuey2619]

A fool and his money will soon part .

[@MilePost106]

I have seen many of these on Facebook and knew they were fake and blocked the person. Facebook will not take these scammers down. Very familiar with agent John who has sent me a message at one time.

[@sdlock83]

I flag profiles like those on Facebook. But Facebook never takes them down.

[@keithrambus5317]

Why when you report or block these agents nothing is ever done about it nothing meta don't give a dam

[@msmarks1130]

This is one of the reasons I left Facebook. One of my in laws tried to even scam me. It's a crap show. Limit the access of scammers to you if possible. Since I left FB I rarely get scammers anymore.

[@Sosa4x]

It was his family member 😂😂💯

[@user-oq6rh1lv1f]

meta bs they do not investigate

[@jasonrichard7560]

So Facebook "meta" can't stop this, b.s.

[@whisperingeye_smell-it1623]

Lmfao bro. Nooooo how could this actually work I mean Jesus

[@omarionrobinson4020]

I guarantee you though if you post a fight, curse, or something along those lines on Facebook, you will be blocked.

[@Wileyg4lify]

Since when you think you could pay the government with gift cards 😮

[@DopeAsxBoi]

i be receiving these federal grant emails all the time, i delete them

[@solidsnake5317]

😂

[@InsiderBoy]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Sexybrownninja]

Where is the personal responsibility? How dumb do you have to be? Why are people so gullible?

[@sdlock83]

It's 2024. Personal responsibility has long gone out of style to the point that it's almost considered "in American" lol!

[@AZdude]

I,d,i,o,t,s

[@ChicagoNicky]

2k for 200k is crazyyy 🫣🤣😂