(WXYZ) — Watch out for unsolicited messages about your Facebook account. It could be how scammers hijack your page and lock you out, in order to post heartfelt, made-up stories to steal money from your friends.

I'm raising the voices of two women from metro Detroit who've been dealing with this problem, talking with a consumer advocate, and I reached out to Meta for advice.

Kim Perrino of St. Clair Shores contacted 7 News Detroit for help after her Facebook page got hacked on July 27.

"Someone went on my post and said that my father was seriously ill, and we needed to sell all these items because we had to move them into a nursing home," she said.

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It was all a lie...to sell everything from nonexistent campers to cars, trucks and minivans. The scammer also added a catch. [00:05:10

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