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

Middlemen have woken up to a new reality of doing business after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) started cracking down on shady practices ...

The Consumer Federation of America sued the parent of Facebook, accusing Meta of failing to protect consumers from paid ads that prove to be scams.

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 ...

Just over a week ago, we wrote about how the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been cracking down on car dealerships across ...

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.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New data from the FTC show social media was the costliest fraud contact method in 2025, with nearly 30% of people who reported ...

New FTC data published Monday show that nearly 30% of all reported scam losses last year began on social media. Investment scams alone cost $1.1 billion. Shopping scams were the most frequently ...