Facebook-Social Media Scams

My niece sent this post to me because she questioned the validity. Being the curious and inquisitive person that I am ...this is what I found;

SCAM ALERT!!!

AUSTIN, Texas - (March 20, 2014) - An individual recently posted to Facebook soliciting donations for a patient at "Dell Hospital." This is a false post. Please note, Seton Healthcare Family and Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, a Seton hospital, do not solicit funds for individual patients at any time through social media. This incident has been reported to Facebook authorities.

Do NOT respond to or forward a message that states something like this:

THIS IS ONE A SICK ANIMAL. THIS GUY RAPED A FIVE YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRL. HE RUINED HER LIFE, SHE IS ALIVE & IN THE HOSPITAL CAN'T MOVE AND CAN NEVER HAVE CHILDREN,OR A NORMAL LIFE. THIS GUY GOES BY DIFFERENT NAMES. HE IS IN HIDING & HAS AIDS. THE LITTLE GIRL CAME OUT POSITIVE. PLEASE HELP US CATCH THIS ANIMAL. EVERYTIME THIS MESSEGE IS FWD, DELL HOSPITAL WILL DONATE $.15 TO MARIA'S MEDICATION & TREATMENT. PLEASE DONT HESITATE TO FWD THIS COULD'VE YOU'RE DAUGHTER OR SISTER.GOD BLESS. THANK YOU.

There are a few ways to detect a fake post or scam; misspelled words, lack of information, and discovering no News coverage by doing a little research. Most of the time you can use certain keywords from the post, like names or places or just typing in the first sentence in the post into a  search engine.

I have to wonder how this sort of thing effects innocent people. I mean images are stolen and used for scams can ruin a reputation. From I can tell the image was originally posted on Google+ by a nasty female named

Veronica Perez.

 Google brought up the image 3 times in my search and all three times it showed her as the original poster. Although Google has deleted the image of the man from the profile pages of these three people, you can still read the post. I believe that if I start posting the profile pics of these thoughtless people then it will make them realize to think before you share!!

If you decide to take time to research any post before you share and discover that they are fake or scams, then do the right thing and Click Report This Image on the social media site where it was posted.

The first site found that indicated it was indeed a scam was at www.seton.net/beware_of_facebook_scam_but_please_consider_donations_via_amplify_austin