Augsburg wrestler loses college savings in Instagram 'fraud' – FOX 9

Published February 8, 2023 10:41PM Updated 10:42PM Augsburg wrestler loses college savings in Instagram ‘fraud’ As a freshman at Augsburg University, Brooklyn Hays is one of the top-ranked female collegiate wrestlers in the country. So when someone direct messaged her on Instagram saying they would pay her to use one of the pictures she’d posted for a mural, she thought it was a dream come true. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – As a freshman at Augsburg University, Brooklyn Hays is one of the top-ranked female collegiate wrestlers in the country. So when someone direct messaged her on Instagram saying they would pay her to use one of the pictures she’d posted for a mural, she thought it was a dream come true. “I felt really honored. I felt like this was a huge blessing,” said Hays. Hays says she was sent an electronic check but was then told they sent her too much money. She used Venmo to pay back the difference, but she soon found out the electronic check bounced, wiping out her entire college savings. “I was just, ‘how did I miss it? How did I not realize that this was going to be a scam? That it wasn’t legit,”
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