Amanda Prior-Grissinger starts her mornings like many moms of young children: She breastfeeds her 1-year-old daughter and sips some coffee. Sitting on the couch in the living room of her Westerville home, Prior-Grissinger looks at social media.
Her regular routine includes reviewing applicants to several local Facebook groups she manages — many of which are fake accounts, she suspects.
Many of the applicants appear not to be locals just trying to sell old baby clothes or patio furniture. Instead, she suspects some are people from overseas who are pretending to be someone else. Many of these fake — or hacked — profiles can lead to scams on unsuspecting group members…