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

Spokeo reports that with growing Facebook Marketplace usage, awareness of scams like counterfeit goods and phishing attempts ...

Facebook Ad Scams Create a Bad Impression. Scammers leveraging Facebook ads is bad for consumers and for legitimate advertisers. Millions of dollars have been lost and the victims will tell a ...

As if we need a reminder to be wary of ads on Facebook and other social media, a recent report by the Wall Street Journal ...

A Facebook spokesperson denied that the company profits from scam ads: “We have every incentive—financial and otherwise—to prevent abuse and make the ads experience on Facebook a positive ...

Last night I was browsing Facebook and found 5 different scam ads.” A network of scammers It’s difficult to tell who or how many people are behind this scheme.

Gamers beware! A new phishing campaign uncovered by Bitdefender cybersecurity researcher Ionuț Baltariu uses The Witcher 4 ...

Facebook has also agreed to provide funding to help get a citizens scam advice service up and running in partnership with UK consumer advice charity, Citizens Advice.Lewis said he was delighted ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — By now, we all know you can’t trust everything you see on Facebook and that goes for shopping ads they make money from. Advertisements appear to show ...

On Jan. 27, 2022, a reader sent in a tip about a Facebook ad (and likely on Instagram as well) that promised $750 in Cash App rewards for free. The Facebook page was named Kjguyrt.It had been ...

Russian disinformation isn\u2019t the only deceptive political advertising on Facebook. More than a dozen politically themed advertisements mask consumer rip-offs that ProPublica has identified ...

On that note, any type of Facebook Marketplace transaction that asks you for private information is likely to be a phishing ...