Police have warned Brits not to share ‘missing child’ posts on Facebook as you could be accidentally sharing a scam.
There has been an increase in the hoax posts which claim to be trying to help find a missing kid - similar posts are often shared for missing pets or injured animals.
But the cruel scam is actually a trick to con well-meaning Brits so instead of helping reunite a desperate family you could end up helping a crook profit.