A woman up north has a warning for others after she nearly fell for a scam on Facebook.
Leslie Wilson says she started chatting with someone who claimed to be a US soldier last month.
Last week he asked for her personal info to have their relationship recognized by the military, and two days later, he was asking for nearly $1,000 to make it legal.
Wilson says that's when she knew it was a scam, but for many people, that realization comes too late.
"If you have not met them in real life you have no idea who they are then that is not your quote unquote friend especially in the Facebook world," says Detective Greg Hubers from Michigan State Police.
Leslie Wilson, the cat fishing victim says, "it more or less just makes you angry at this point that somebody is playing around with somebody's mind and their feelings and making them think that there's this beautiful wonderland out there that's not really out there it's all just somebody sitting behind a computer somewhere that has no feelings or heart."
Police recommend reporting such profiles to Facebook, and if you think you've been scammed call the police right away.
