Consumers lost $2.1B to social media scams in 2025, FTC reports

May 3, 2026 - 08:00
Consumers lost $2.1B to social media scams in 2025, FTC reports
The agency reports that losses from social media scams have increased eightfold and that social media scams resulted in higher losses than any other method scammers used to contact consumers.
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