If someone in a WhatsApp group is telling you how much money they're making in crypto or foreign exchange trading, stop. That group was almost certainly built to rob you. The Federal Trade Commission ...
Federal regulators have identified two behavioral red flags that show up in virtually every “pig butchering” scam: the person ...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a report revealing that Americans lost more than $2.1 billion to social media scams last year, a record high not just in numbers, but in the ...
Americans lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, according to a new report from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The agency reports that losses from social media scams have increased ...
Social media has become fraudsters' favorite medium, allowing scammers to steal a staggering $2.1 billion in 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Tuesday. The amount of money lost in ...
A federal judge ruled that the FTC failed to prove Meta formed a monopoly through its acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram.