Animal shelters warn that scammers are creating fake social media accounts to solicit donations from animal lovers by using ...

Animal lovers are being targeted by a new scam on social media, where fraudulent rescue pages use stolen videos and emotional stories to solicit donations. These fake pages, like the one imitating ...

You may have wondered whether those sweet animal rescue videos you see online are actually real. From puppies tangled up in plastic bags to helpless kittens and monkeys fighting snakes, there are ...

Meta—the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—highlighted the "pig butchering" scam operations based in Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, the United Arab Emirates, and the Philippines.

To thwart one of the fastest-growing and most sophisticated online scam industries, Meta Platforms Inc. today said it’s removed around two million accounts related to investment scams known as ...

A Meta spokesman said that the company is working to address “an epidemic of scams” that has grown in scale and complexity in recent years, driven by cross-border criminal networks.

Some major tech companies including Meta are taking steps to combat “pig butchering” scams, which trick Americans out of billions of dollars each year through fake online friendships and romances.

Meta has launched a new tool to help social media users access their accounts quicker after they have been locked out. By Sasha Jones • Published December 28, 2024 • Updated on December 28 ...

Meta faces criticism as thousands of scam ads run on Facebook and Instagram that are linked to Zelle fraud. Experts blame cryptocurrency schemes and AI-generated content.

Meta said Thursday it removed more than 2 million accounts linked to “pig-butchering” investment schemes that leave victims out of large sums of money. These pig-butchering fraud schemes are ...