Why do I suddenly have people from Turkey, etc, wanting to be Facebook friends?

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It’s a scam. They didn’t pick you out specially. It can happen to anyone. Just ignore them. Or better yet, block them. Next time don’t even chat with anyone that you don’t have any friends in common with. And never, ever accept a friend request from someone like that either.

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