HARRISBURG – Harrisburg Police say there has recently been a scam post on several community pages about a serial killer named Robert Thibodeau being on the loose in Harrisburg.

Police say this is a scam and is commonly referred to as a bait and switch scam.

The posters will wait until it has been “liked” and “shared” and then will change the content of the post hoping that they can scam money from new commenters. This particular post has been shared in communities all over the country changing only the name of the community it is shared in. Lately there has been a number of different posts similar to this usually about missing children or missing and endangered people.

Please do not like or share these posts. If there is an incident of public safety concern or a need for the public’s assistance, information will be posted on the official Harrisburg, Illinois Police Department Facebook page.