Harwich man's Facebook hacked, sends money plea
No, he wasn't mugged in England and doesn't need your financial help

The Cape Codder reports that many people with their IDs listed on John Bangert's Facebook as friends, opened bogus messages during the last few days and learned that East Harwich resident John Bangert had been mugged while on a trip to the U.K.

If you look at John's Facebook page, just don't sign on as a friend just yet. He has some fixin' to do first.

Like other fake emails that aim to scam money from unsuspecting recipients, this one asked for cash transfers to sustain the mugging victim until he could return home.

"My Facebook page was hacked, and they got into my gmail account," said Bangert, a political activist and community organizer well known up and down the Cape.

Read The Cape Codder story here.