FTC reports a surge in imposter and romance scams, with Americans losing billions to fraudulent messages and online schemes.

New data from the FTC show social media was the costliest fraud contact method in 2025, with nearly 30% of people who ...

A woman lost $10,800 (£8,530) to a fake Hilton Head rental via Facebook. FTC data shows half of reported rental scams now ...

The agency reports that losses from social media scams have increased eightfold, and that social media scams resulted in higher losses than any other method scammers used to contact consumers.

Social media scams reached alarming levels in 2025, with Americans losing a staggering $2.1 billion to fraud schemes, according to a new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The figure ...

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a report revealing that Americans lost more than $2.1 billion to social media scams last year.

The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is investigating “an organized fraud and financial abuse scam that initially resulted ...

Scammers are sending fake court text messages with QR codes to U.S. drivers, demanding payment for traffic violations that ...