Facebook scam ads now leverage AI and deepfakes to create convincing celebrity endorsements, targeting specific demographics ...

Don't trust social media ads for hospital cleaners in South Africa IN SHORT: A post circulating on Facebook claims hospitals in all nine provinces in South Africa are urgently looking for cleaners.

The BBB offers the following tips to avoid falling victim to these Facebook bait-and-switch scams: Vet before you share: Read the full post carefully and check the profile of the original poster.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Today’s Consumer Alert is ... for the Facebook user. So, it’s important that people look out for themselves and be able to spot these types of scams.” ...

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

After the Cambridge Analytica data scandal broke in 2018, things got bad enough for Meta (then Facebook) that Mark Zuckerberg had to face Congress to try to explain what had happened. The focus on ...

For almost two years, Edgar Guzman has been getting calls from irate customers who responded to his ads on Instagram and Facebook META1.20%increase; green up pointing triangle. Or at least they ...

Johnson said these Facebook scams have resurfaced after seeing popularity in 2022. She said they're phishing for you and your Facebook friends' personal information once you've shared the post to ...

Purchase scams typically start as ads and posts on social media or search engines. Some signs that a post, ad or website may be part of a purchase scam are: To report a scam post or ad on Facebook or ...