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Meta, UK National Crime Agency (NCA), and Nigerian Police disrupt an online fraud network in Nigeria. The syndicate used fake social media accounts and fraudulent groups to target people based in the ...

Meta said Tuesday it banned more than 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts this year linked to scam operations, as the company fights a wave of criminal activity on the internet that has wrangled billions of ...

Internal documents reviewed by Reuters suggest that Meta Platforms has quietly turned scam advertising on Facebook and Instagram into a multibillion dollar business line, even as the company publicly ...

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Learn how to avoid falling victim to scams on Facebook and Instagram. Consumer Reports reveals that Meta earned billions from ...

DAYTON — Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is launching new tools to combat scams on its platforms after users lost nearly $3 billion to social media scams in the past year and a ...

That “easy money” or “rapid weight loss” ad in your social feed may actually be a scam. A recent Reuters investigation alleges that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, earned billions ...

The growth in artificial intelligence and deep fakes is adding to consumers’ fears around scam and “suspicious” ads, according to Dan Wilks, director of Credos, who unveiled the results of the Credos ...

That “easy money” or “rapid weight loss” ad in your social feed may actually be a scam.

Reuters has another groundbreaking scoop on Meta’s scam advertising economy. Internal documents estimate more than $3 billion in 2024 spent by Chinese advertisers on scams or other illicit and banned ...