BEWARE: A new scam is targeting people who have lost a pet around the Conroe area.
Sousley and her daughter Zoe love their dog, Spooky. Spooky and Zoe are only a year apart and have grown up together.So for Zoe, Spooky, her service dog, is more than just a pet. He’s family.Sousley and her daughter are staying in the city while her mother undergoes heart surgery. They knew the commute from Conroe would be too much during this difficult time.
“I posted on there and said we were in the parking lot at H-E-B. That’s where I went wrong,” she said. “I put my phone number in there.”“She says ‘Hi I am Donna, did you lose your male dog?’” the woman said. “Of course, I’m not thinking anything of it,” explained Sousley. “I’m like, ‘OK,’ and I said, ‘Yeah, you can.’”
After posting the interaction on Nextdoor, neighbors helped her realize it was a scam. The grammar wasn’t correct and the texts sounded slightly robotic.Because she had clicked the link to get the Google code, her information was exposed. Within the day, she had multiple others saying they also have Spooky. She says she also gets non-stop spam calls.She said she cleared her saved passwords and any sensitive information saved through her Google account.
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