Fake puppies and phony offers of mouthwatering bargains are often seeded by overseas crime networks; employees say company is ...

In Meta’s own words, its platforms are affected by an ’epidemic of spams’. Despite such acknowledgement, scam enforcement does not appear to be a priority for Meta.

Meta's platforms are under scrutiny for allowing scam ads, with reports of fraud linked to Zelle transactions. Critics ...

Fake Facebook ads impersonating Kling AI deploy PureHVNC RAT via spoofed sites, stealing credentials and crypto data.

Romance scams begin all over the internet, from criminals blasting out messages on Facebook to hundreds of victims at a time, to others matching with every profile they see on dating apps.

"It's an epidemic and it's not just ... Police said Moynihan's scam started back in 2023 when he befriended the 74-year-old via Facebook as "Elon Musk." Over the next several months, the two ...

Facebook was the platform used for 90% of those sales, Finextra said. "Less discussed" are the romance scams, when the con artist strikes up a "feigned emotional bond" with their victim before ...

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram ... said that the company is working to address “an epidemic of scams” that has grown in scale and complexity in recent years ...