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.

A new report found hundreds of thousands of scam ads for medical products, some of which were illegal or had been deemed dangerous.

One victim thought she was buying a tractor that could help a man pay medical bills. But no, fraudsters hacked someone else's Facebook account.

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Consumer Reports says artificial intelligence was used to make it all happen.

Scammers misused the name and logo of the rural lifestyle company to victimize consumers, just as scammers have with other companies for many years.