Social media scams are the costliest scams to all ages, according to the latest FTC data. Brielle Blanchard, CEO of the ...

Ever get a Facebook message from an old friend, only to find out it wasn't really that friend? That's exactly how a recent Facebook impersonation scam almost cost someone $2,500. A scammer hijacked a ...

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Scamless expands its AI-driven social media scam detector that identifies Instagram DM scams, Facebook Messenger fraud, ...

Facebook Marketplace is a prime target for scammers. As more transactions move online, the risk of falling victim to fraud ...

More than one billion users buy and sell goods on Facebook Marketplace each month—but they are not the only ones cashing in. Fraudsters are using Facebook Marketplace to steal people's money, making ...

Facebook now accounts for the vast majority of scams on social media, according to an explosive new study — and critics claim it’s because Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant is more focused on making money ...

A Dayton man fell victim to a recent Facebook scam when someone reached out to him on Facebook Messenger and said he had won the lottery. STAFF PHOTO / RACHEL MURRAY >> Live Doppler 7 Radar | ...

Two new Facebook scams are out for your money and could put a virus on your computer, as first reported HLNTV.com. The first is a scam that promises to give you a free iPhone 6. Yes, it sounds too ...

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Many too-good-to-be true deals on social media are nothing but scams. Consumers reported losing $794 million to scams that started on Facebook in 2025 — far more than what was lost to scams that began ...