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Facebook Marketplace is a prime target for scammers. As more transactions move online, the risk of falling victim to fraud increases. Experts say watch out.

One family in eastern North Carolina is trying to get the word out about identity theft after one of their social media accounts was hacked and asking for money from friends and family. The family ...

Facebook is now the single most dangerous place to encounter a scammer online. According to a new Federal Trade Commission report, Americans lost more money to scams originating on Facebook in 2025 ...

IOWA, ILLINOIS & MISSOURI— For those looking to sell items on places like Facebook Marketplace, there is a new scam to look out for. In this scam, the buyer says they sent you more money than what was ...

American consumers lost more than $12 billion to fraud and scams in 2025. Financial scams are everywhere these days, and unfortunately, they’re not always easy to identify. On top of that, some ...

Every year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the agency tasked with protecting the public from deceptive or unfair business practices, receives millions of fraud reports from consumers. To help ...