A Westmoreland County woman is warning others after losing nearly $247,000 in a Facebook scam that preyed on her empathy and spanned more than three years.

A new Facebook Messenger phishing scam uses a fake 'Meta Verrified' account and PDF attachments to steal user data. Learn how ...

Scammers are relentless in their pursuit of your personal information, from login credentials to credit card numbers, and one of the latest schemes targets Facebook users (again), this time in an ...

A fake "Meta Verrified" Messenger chat threatens Facebook account deletion within 24 hours, but six major red flags reveal this phishing scam.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Facebook scam starts with a simple message—like "How are you?"—but ends with stolen accounts, fake offers, and drained ...

Ever get a Facebook message from an old friend, only to find out it wasn't really that friend? That's exactly how a recent Facebook impersonation scam almost cost someone $2,500. A scammer hijacked a ...

Many too-good-to-be true deals on social media are nothing but scams. Consumers reported losing $794 million to scams that started on Facebook in 2025 — far more than what was lost to scams that began ...

Michigan's Attorney General reported receiving 311 complains in 2025 from consumers locked out of social media accounts after takeover scams. Con artists often get their cash up front asking for a ...

Facebook now accounts for the vast majority of scams on social media, according to an explosive new study — and critics claim it’s because Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant is more focused on making money ...

A damning report from Reuters alleges that Meta platforms track scammers, accept their ad dollars, and expose millions of users if the price is right. Anyone who’s been on Facebook recently knows the ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...