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You've already lost money to a scam. You're frustrated and probably wondering whether you'll ever see that money again. Then, while scrolling through Facebook, an advertisement appears promising to recover your stolen funds. Suddenly, there's a little hope. Maybe someone out there can actually help. Unfortunately, that moment of hope is exactly what scammers are trying to exploit .

One of our loyal CyberGuy followers, Patrick K, recently tipped us off to suspicious fraud recovery advertisements and profiles appearing on Facebook. He shared screenshots of what he was seeing and urged us to warn others.

His tip caught our attention, so we decided to dig deeper and contacted Meta about the suspicious accounts and advertisements. After reviewing the examples we provided, Meta confirmed to CyberGuy that it removed the flagged accounts and ads for violating its impersonation policies. The screenshots Patrick shared are especially concerning.…