MP advises scammers are impersonating his office

MP Anthony Rota is out with an advisory about scammers impersonating MPs by creating Facebook Messenger accounts.

This after his office became a target.

He tweets that Facebook and House of Commons security have been notified.

He also offers up things to look for on scam messenger accounts, like the words “using Messenger without Facebook” or “Account was created recently”.

Rota says his office does not initiate conversations with constituents or any Facebook users via Facebook Messenger.

(File photo above by station staff)

SPAM ALERT

Scammers have been impersonating MPs by creating Facebook Messenger accounts. We have become a recent target of this scam & have notified Facebook and @OurCommons security.

Here are ways to identify the scam account & how to help us report it??

— Anthony Rota (@AnthonyRota) July 8, 2019