Sarah Mayfield is seemingly missing and has allegedly been found again. But the comment section in her “missing post” says otherwise.
Key Takeaways
- Sarah Mayfield is a 13-year-old whose mother claimed that she had been lost from her home in Rochester.
- The netizens who believe the post is a scam had denied Mayfield’s lost claims.
- The seemingly fake news is believed to be posted to steal data from those who try to help Sarah’s “mother.”
Allison Bianchi reposted a “missing” post on her Facebook, which brought about a good number of likes and attention from the netizens.
But no one in the comment section seemed to be happy.
While Bianchi’s concern seemed genuine, and she simply wanted to spread awareness about missing people on the internet, anyone else who saw the same post could not think likewise.
The post had a picture of the 13-year-old who had allegedly been lost, where the caption read,
Please Help!! Everyone
Via Facebook
I’m a desperate mom asking every member of the community to help me find my daughter Sarah Mayfield (12) who has not returned home for 3 days now🥹 It only takes a few seconds of your time to share!
ROCHESTERNYUSA
name is: Sarah Mayfield
Age:13
Height: 5’1
Weight: 105
Brown Hair & Hazel Eyes.
Last seen wearing that grey minie mouse sweater, black trousers , Grey sneakers.
Please bump this post and help bring my Sarah home 🙏
Furthermore, the post was not shared by the mother herself but had been copied and pasted by an unrelated person called Michael Douglas on a Facebook page.
This further pushed the notion of the post being fake and most of the people not having an idea about it.
Another person posted the same picture in an article that had been used twice. The article claimed that she had been found in Kentucky.
But, the name was different in the article. The post read,
16-year-old Rayahna Miller has been located in Pulaski County, according to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office.
Via News Break
The news may have been spread with ulterior motives because each new post said a different name and a different story while using the same face.
Netizens React To Sarah Mayfield’s Missing News
When Allison’s repost had people digging into the matter and finding things that could not otherwise have been found by looking at the post through the surface level.
A netizen commented,
This one is a scam
Via Facebook
Another supported the commenter, Jennifer, and added,
Yea I agree with Jennifer. This one is a scam, that why it’s a very vague location and they always say “ It only takes a few seconds of your time “
Via Facebook
The comments are mostly taken in the context of scammers using a picture of a random person, claiming they are lost, getting lots of shares and comments, and then turning off the comment section.
After this, data retrieval is done from the device of those who share or interact with the post.
It is best to stay away from posts that do not seem genuine.
Stay safe!
In Case You Didn’t Know
- It is not yet proven whether the girl in the picture is even Sarah Mayfield.
- Scams may cause the viewers to have their bank and other private information leaked and under threat.
- The girl in the picture spread as Sarah Mayfield is likely to not be lost.
