Online realities can shift into real-life nightmares in an instant.
Kinga Heming is well known for her voice in the Okanagan and has been singing jazz tunes at venues throughout the valley for years.
“I received a text message from a girlfriend of mine saying that I think your Facebook has been hacked,” said Heming.
Heming found that her Facebook profile had, in fact, been hacked.
“(My friend) says, ‘Well, apparently you have an uncle selling a whole bunch of items because he’s moving into a retirement facility.’”
As a trusted name in the Okanagan, the singer has gone from famous to infamous.
“People were actually believing that, because with my profile, it was me,” said Heming.
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“So there was messages that were, you know, that were sent to my profile, just requesting these items and people were sending deposits.”
Then the scammer posted several false ads on Facebook Marketplace, …