Escort scam: husband's missed appointment leads to extortion

A reddit report about a impersonation scam that cost someone $4000.0. Learn how to avoid falling victim.

Today I received a message from someone on Facebook that said my husband was cheating on me with escorts. I asked for proof and they sent me screenshots. I confronted my husband and found out this was over a month ago and he didn't show up for his "appointment." Because of this, she has been demanding he pay. This number and another number threatened our family and told him if he didn't show up with $4000 they would send the info to his wife…and they did. He fessed up when I confronted him, because I had the proof. They are now threatening to show up to our house. So now, I'm worried about my family's safety. PISSED at my husband for this idiotic move. He deserves all the grief…but we don't. But because this was a local person who gave her apartment number to meet, etc…I am worried this is not the typical scam…

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