Man says friends scammed out of thousands of dollars after his Facebook is hacked

ATLANTA — A Cobb County man says at least three of his Facebook friends have given money to an imposter controlling his Facebook page.

“These are good friends of mine, and they trust me,” Kerry Jackson told Channel 2 Consumer Investigator Justin Gray.

Jackson reported his page being hacked more than two weeks ago to Facebook, but it still has not been resolved.

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On his Facebook page, Kerry Jackson appears to be helping an uncle sell some high-priced items.

“Cars, trucks, a water slide, hot tub, things like that,” he said.

But while it is the Cobb County resident’s Facebook page, it’s not him.

“I got a text from my friend in Mississippi saying, how large is the hot tub you’re selling? And I don’t have a hot tub. What is this? he said, I think you’ve been hacked,” Jackson said.

He says another Facebook friend gave a $1,500 down payment to the imposter for a Toyota Camry.

Jackson realized he’d been hacked almost immediately all the way back in late July.

That’s when he reported it to Facebook and followed their instructions including uploading a driver’s license to prove his identity.

“The notification said that they’ll get back with me within 48 hours. it has now been two and a half weeks since that happened,” Jackson said.

Yale Wall saw the post from his home in Indianapolis and messaged the person he suspected was not actually his friend Kerry.

“Because Kerry is such a great guy and people trust him, they’re willing to trust whatever’s on his Facebook,” Wall said.

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Earlier this month, a similar thing happened on a Dunwoody Facebook group.

Someone hacked a group member’s page and was offering fake Taylor Swift tickets.

In Jackson’s case, he says more than a dozen of his Facebook friends have reported the fraud only to get a message from Facebook saying that they reviewed the post and were not taking it down because it “doesn’t go against our community standards.”

“They are committing fraud. They’re committing a crime pretending to be me,” Jackson said.

Channel 2 Action News reached out to Facebook but has not received a response.

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