A mother expressed concern for her family’s safety after she said someone showed up at her home demanding money for items purchased from hacked social media accounts bearing her face and name.
“People are walking around Houston saying a lady named Brittni Sparks is taking people’s money and is not giving what she promised,” said Brittni Sparks.
“I got these weird text messages in my Facebook account and I just knew I was talking to a friend of mine and his wife. Long story short, here we are,” Sparks said. Sparks showed KPRC2 several fake posts, including one that advertises a move and house items she’s put up for sale. Problem is, that she’s not the seller; however, people don’t believe her.“Someone showed up, knocked on the door, a man and a woman, and they said, ‘Hi, we’re here, Brittni Sparks sent us a message and we sent her money. We’re here to pick up our puppies.’”
“HPD has been empathetic, but unfortunately, they’ve told me there’s absolutely nothing that they can do because technically a crime hasn’t been committed,” Sparks said.
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