Facebook's ad system has quietly become one of the most profitable engines for online fraud, turning deceptive promotions ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook is blamed more often than any other site for hosting scam advertisements that have cost consumers ...

Scammers are sending fake Facebook settlement payout emails that mimic legitimate notices from the privacy settlement ...

While Facebook itself shows signs of decline, Facebook Marketplace is extremely popular with an estimated 491 million online shoppers buying something on Facebook Marketplace, according to Capital One ...

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 ...

Fraud losses reported by people 60 and older climbed to nearly $2.4 billion in 2024, quadrupling since 2020 Investment ...

Scammers are increasingly impersonating trusted government agencies to target seniors with "money protection" schemes. These scams often involve lies about compromised accounts or criminal activity ...

Scammers have been around forever, and the only thing that changes from year to year, it seems, is the technology they use to pull off their scams. While many of these con artists still use the phone, ...

“People will be looking for ways to alleviate their burdens,” Valesquez says of 2026. “So when they get a [message] that says ...

Whether it’s a phishing email, fake phone call or long-term ploy to steal your money, scams aren’t going away. And they’re costly: The FTC reports that consumers say they lost upwards of $12.5 billion ...

Holiday travelers are warned to watch out for fake travel sites that steal cash and personal information. The BBB warns that packages you didn't order could show up at the door as part of a new scam ...