Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

A new report warns that misleading Medicare-related ads on Facebook may expose older Americans to identity theft and ...

Seniors on Facebook may be more likely to encounter scam Medicare ads, according to a watchdog group. Here's what to look for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anyone who’s been on Facebook recently knows the platform is plagued by advertising and other posts from scammers and other frauds. But the massive scale of the issue is no surprise to parent company ...

BANGKOK, June 4 (Reuters) - Thailand's consumer watchdog said it will sue Meta's Facebook for allegedly allowing scammers to use the platform to defraud users through adverts and for failing to ...