FTC data shows consumers lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, with Facebook driving the highest reported losses and investment, shopping, and romance scams leading the damage.

And Big Tech knows it. The platforms will say they are victims. They will say scammers abuse their services, evade detection, ...

Online crime complaints surpassed 1 million for the first time last year, driven by a spike in AI-enabled fraud, crypto scams ...

Scammers have illustrated that cryptocurrency is not as foolproof as it has promised. Americans lost $5.6 billion to crypto ...

According to the FTC, fraud losses hit $15.9 billion in 2025. Imposter scams led in sheer number of reports, but investment scams caused the steepest financial damage.

That great bargain you just spotted on social media? Well, proceed with caution before you pull out that credit card. The eye-catching ad might look legitimate, but many too-good-to-be true deals are ...

The crypto industry lost approximately $68.3 million to exploits and scams across 60 confirmed incidents in May 2026, ...

An elderly woman has lost more than £250,000 after falling victim to a cryptocurrency scam that began with an online ...

The federal government plans to automatically reimburse scam victims who lose less than $3,000 as part of a broader crackdown ...