Watch Out for Facebook Scammers!
Unsolicited messages on social media asking for money are suspicious at best, and one Texas woman who was contacted on Facebook by a person claiming to be "Pastor Joel Osteen" learned firsthand that scammers are a dime a dozen.
Paula Dupre said she received a Facebook message Sunday night from a Pastor Joel Osteen who had a few questions for her, local news station ABC13 reports.
The individual on the other end of their dialogue asked if Dupre was a "true Christian," and did she "believe in the Christ Jesus," Dupre said. "I wrote back, 'yes.'"
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What happened next raised a red flag for Dupre. The individual said that a big Texas donor had gifted Osteen Ministries with $35,000 and that the cash could be hers. But there was one small thing Dupre had to do before she could receive the money.
"I had to send what I had to an orphanage in Delaware," she said. "So I thought that was kind of bizarre."
Dupre quickly realized she wasn't dealing with the real Joel Osteen and used some choice words to give the imposter a piece of her mind.
