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Andrew Bucklandon Is NOT Missing: Here's How Social Scammers Get You Andrew Bucklandon Is NOT Missing: Here's How Social Scammers Get You
Andrew Bucklandon Is NOT Missing: Here's How Social Scammers Get You A boy named Andrew Bucklandon hasn't gone missing. He didn't leave for school and not return. He doesn't even exist. For those who've seen -- or, worse, shared -- the Facebook post about a purportedly missing boy the past couple of days, here are a few questions: Does the post include a town? A link? Contact details? It doesn't. Because it's bogus. Like any good phishing scam, the missing boy ploy tugs at the heartstrings and plays on the fears of those who want to help. They're actually helping the scammers find more victims. Phishers threw their latest line into social media waters on…
Girl 'Meeting Boy She Met Online' Found Safe: Authorities Girl 'Meeting Boy She Met Online' Found Safe: Authorities
Girl 'Meeting Boy She Met Online' Found Safe: Authorities UPDATE: Jasmine Vought, 16, has been found safe according to the Adams County Crime Stoppers.as of Friday, Nov. 18. No additional information was released. ORIGINAL: 16-year-old Jasmine Vought has been missing ever since she left her residence to go "meet up with a boy she met online," authorities say.  Vought had been living at Hoffman Homes located at 815 Orphanage Road, Littlestown, was last seen on Tuesday, Nov. 15 around 11:30 a.m., according to a release. She was wearing a black coat and carrying a black backpack when the left to meet the boy, shortly afterward a light orange…