Shuswap Santa puts his Facebook hacker on the naughty list - Terrace Standard

Chris Emery easily slips in and out of his alter ego, Chris Kringle, when explaining his recent, ongoing frustrations with a Facebook hacker and support he’s received from friends.Well known in the Shuswap for his spot-on portrayal of Father Christmas in December at the Centenoka Park Mall, Emery said he was outside shovelling snow on the morning of November 23 when someone took over his Facebook account. Emery said the first thing the hacker did was replace his phone number and email address.

“Thanks to whomever reported this for me, but Facebook didn’t believe it. Maybe if more of my friends reported the theft, we could remedy this hacking and attempted extortion!!!” Emery wrote in a post on his new Facebook account under the name Chris Emery .Soon after the hack, people on Emery’s extensive list of Facebook friends began receiving messages from his hacked account, with the hacker, pretending to be Emery, sharing stories of desperate financial need and asking for help.

“They said I’ve got $3,000 in my pocket here and I’ve got to get it to my buddy, and my buddy isn’t on the internet. If you can take 3,000 bucks over to my buddy, or you could email that to my buddy and I’ll put the money in your hand tomorrow,” said Emery.“Somebody was offering me money to come by for some Santa photos.

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