Action News Jax Ben Becker is investigating after a Jacksonville woman was the victim of a growing ‘Scamdemic’ trend when a Facebook hacker demanded ransom and posted porn on her popular cat meme page.
ByJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — “I am the creator of Twisted Kitties,” said Amy Cox who is having a feline Facebook fiasco. “Twisted Kitties is about my boys Jake and Junior. They are twins little grey guys. They run around getting into adventures -- basically a silly cat page.”But there’s nothing silly about Cox’s problem. She said her Facebook page, which has 55,000 feline loving followers, was taken over by a cat burglar.
But Cox said once she clicked on it, a hacker took ownership of her page, kicked her off, and then attempted to extort her for $5,000.“You only have 2 options. Give me a payout then take your page.” A payout refers to money people make from their Facebook pages.“There’s a number of things that are feeding into this ‘Scamdemic’ as we have been starting to call it,” said Eva Velasquez who is the president and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center.
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