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Facebook users report pages were hacked to scam friends [Video]

A Facebook user is reporting that his page was hacked in order to scam money from his group of friends.

However, he said his biggest frustration was how long it took the social media app to do anything about it.

On Facebook, Kerry Jackson appeared to be selling some big-money items.

“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.

And while Jackson admits the items were posted to his page, they were not posted by him.

“I tried to log in. I was blocked; my password is no longer valid,” he explained.

He said his friend at Yale Wall saw the posts and became suspicious.

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