Tuesday, June 21, 2016
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Cynthia “Mother” Pratt yesterday urged the public to be aware of fraudulent social media profiles after she fell victim to a $46,000 identity scheme over the weekend.
Mrs Pratt, Co-Chair of the Urban Renewal Commission, yesterday announced that she was recently made aware that a Facebook profile purported to be of her began to contact people close to her requesting names and telephone contacts in exchange for a percentage of a $46,000 payout she was due to receive.
Mrs Pratt, noting that she did not operate a profile on the world’s largest social media platform, said she referred all connected in the scam to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
One, Adrana Lockhart, a teacher, said she was recently approached by an “impostor” in the name of Mrs Pratt regarding a citizen cash fund on Facebook. Ms Lockhart said she was told that Mrs Pratt had submitted her name and was asked to provide a reference number.
Additionally, Wilton Russell, Urban Renewal’s Facebook analyst and sports co-ordinator, further advised the public to be cautious of people who are requesting friendship on Facebook.
He described the matter as a “sharp” scheme and said that culprits are creating profiles to solicit funds. “They act as if they know you personally. This is a very serious matter and they are asking for large sums of money to be sent to them,” he said. Police have been informed and are investigating.
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sheeprunner12 says...
Mother Pratt deserves better ............ especially being our former MONS and DPM ....... the perp should be publicly shamed for this egregious act against this soon to be Dame
Posted 21 June 2016, 2:02 p.m. Suggest removal
concernedcitizen says...
Funny coming from you who are very anti gay
Posted 21 June 2016, 7 p.m. Suggest removal
CommonSense says...
LOL Mother Pratt is gay??
Posted 22 June 2016, 10:15 a.m. Suggest removal
sheeprunner12 says...
Mother Pratt has served this country well ......... she is married with many children ............ and now a senior citizen ....... leave it be please (let her sexual bygones be bygones)
Posted 22 June 2016, 10:40 a.m. Suggest removal
concernedcitizen says...
Bygones ??,,this country is so hypocritical .I,m straight but I,m for equal rights and gay marriage .The referendum had nothing to do w/ gay rights but even if it did its like the numbers vote ,we all play but think if we vote no God will bless us ,,what the sky god don,t see us play ,,we all know a lesbian or gay man when we see them ,,even in government but think the sky god don,t see b/c we "shout" homophobic nonsense
Posted 22 June 2016, 12:30 p.m. Suggest removal
DillyTree says...
When it comes to getting their hands on money, there's no end to the stupidity of people!
Just ask yourself, why the hell would Mother Pratt be sharing any money with you to begin with? And if she already knows you, why does she need your contact information again?
This is so telling of the intelligence of our voters out there....
Posted 21 June 2016, 2:04 p.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
It's a sign of the times. Desperate people do desperate things to get money.
Posted 21 June 2016, 2:21 p.m. Suggest removal
BaronInvest says...
Funny, the first thing that came into my mind was "D-" ...
Posted 21 June 2016, 3:18 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
so did Algenon fall for this scheme?
Posted 21 June 2016, 6:28 p.m. Suggest removal
concernedcitizen says...
Teifs tryin to teifs from teifs ,,,Can you believe someone gets paid from our taxes to be urban renewels face book analysis ,,I swear you can,t make this shit up
Posted 22 June 2016, 12:32 p.m. Suggest removal
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