I used to ignore "Friend Requests" on Facebook from strangers . As an experiment, I started accepting nearly all of them . That app arently moved my profile a bit higher in the algorithm that determines Facebook's " People you may know" offering shown to others, and that triggered a lot more "Friend Requests." That seemed like a good thing until these people started hitti ng me up via Messenger. I t soon became apparent that many people are trolling Facebook for lonely old fol ks to "make friends" and then take advantage of their generosity , and sometimes gullibility. What follows are screen s hots of the actu al conversations, so you can see what they were as king for and how long it took them to get from "Hello" to " Send Mon ey!" or "Help Me" etc. " Johnson Vic" wants a sugar daddy: Mohily Soliman Soliman wants a visa: Kabugho Ellen Dora wants hel...
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