Officials with the Stuart Police Department, Sunday, put out a notice on their Facebook page stating that one of their local {Stuart} followers shared an advertisement with the Police Department that she received on her Facebook Timeline. Authorities say “In the ad, a harrowing story of a Stuart resident surviving an attack at a Stuart grocery store is told. The company, which is trying to sell personal safety products claims that the victim was saved because they were carrying one of their products. Luckily the person who reported this was aware enough to know that this story was false but wanted to make sure others didn’t become alarmed if they received similar ads.”

The Stuart P-D warns “There are many scams and advertisements that use false information on Facebook. Many times these advertisements will use your location to attempt to gain your trust or confidence in their product. In this case they used her location in an attempt to create fear. Please be aware of these types of ads and remember if it “sounds too good to be true” or in this case “too bad to be true” it usually is.”

Here’s what the (redacted) ad looked like (click on the image to enlarge):