Key Points
Sharing her experience on TikTok, the victim of a Facebook Marketplace scam has warned people that scammers may adopt convoluted ways to cheat them and steal their hard-earned money..
Michel Janse's TikTok post has received more than 1.1 million views, 52,000 likes, 3,600 saves, and 1,700 comments..
Jense received a text with a Google Voice code, which the buyer asked Janse to send to her..
The Federal Trade Commission says that if a scammer gets a phone number and then relays the code from Google Voice, the scammer can create a Google Voice number linked to the phone number..
The scammer can use the phone number to rip off other people and conceal their identity...
