Another local woman plans to sue Meta after being hacked on Facebook

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- More and more people are sharing their stories about a specific type of Facebook hack they are victim to.

You may remember when ABC57 first told you about a local professor that filed an Invasion of Privacy lawsuit against Meta after her Facebook account got hacked.

People were showing up to her home trying to pick up appliances they thought she was selling on her Facebook profile, but it was all a scam.

She has since regained full access to her Facebook account, but her story was only the beginning.

Unfortunately for Mishawaka resident Mary Scheetz, her story involves over $20,000 down the drain to scammers.

"My friend sent me that article and he said, 'This is exactly what is happening to you Mary', and I said 'Woah,'" says Mary Sheetz, referring to ABC57's original article about the Facebook hack.

Scheetz's story is eerily similar to Dr. Kaycee Bills'.

One day, she was unable to log into her Facebook.

Then, the scammers started posting from her Facebook account that her family is selling her cousin's belongings as she's moving into a retirement home.

It was just another fake sob story.

"Nobody said anything to me, and then all of a sudden, people start coming up to my door," Scheetz says.

Within the last two months, Scheetz has had at least four people calling her up or showing up to her door expecting to drive away with a vehicle that they bought from her Facebook profile.

"He called me, 'Hey, are you gonna be home today?', I'm like 'Yeah. . ." He's like 'Well, I wanna come get that pickup truck,' I'm like 'I don't know what you're talking about,'" Scheetz recalls.

One person made the drive from Florida to pick up a vehicle.

"He goes, 'I came all the way up from Florida to get that', and I said, 'I am so sorry, there's nothing I can do about it,'" says Scheetz.

The worst part about this story though, is that these people made payments up front to the scammers; anywhere from $500-$11,000 in a single transaction using payment apps like Venmo.

"I know at least 22,500 dollars in total," Scheetz says.

Not only is the thought of angry strangers showing up to her door unsettling.

"I don't want anyone getting mad at me and shoving me through my door or something," says Scheetz.

Her fear is that she won't be able to stop the scammers, despite attempts to report the account several times.

The account randomly deactivates and reactivates, so she has to rely on friends to let her know when the scammers start posting again.

"We're waiting, I mean I've got everybody looking out for that Facebook, I'm like 'Please, take a screenshot of anything you see on there about that,'" says Scheetz.

Now, those screenshots could be used as evidence when she takes Meta to court.

"I'm not even looking for anything for myself, but they stole my identity, and that bothers me," Scheetz says.

She tried to file the lawsuit Wednesday in Saint Joseph County, but they were closed for the holiday.

She also said she tried going to the police about it, but because her money wasn't stolen, their best advice was to get in contact with Meta.

ABC57 reached out to Meta for comment on the steps they take to prevent hacking and what steps they recommend for users to regain access to their hacked accounts.

They have not yet responded to our inquiry.