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

The WhatsApp logo appears on a smartphone screen and as a background on a computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on August 6, 2025. WhatsApp takes down 6.8 million accounts ...

The company removed 159 million scam ads last year and took down 10.9 million accounts linked to criminal networks. Now it wants to catch scammers before they get to you. Meta has announced a fresh ...

Social media giant Meta expected about 10 percent of its 2024 revenue, roughly $16 billion, to come from running ads for scams and banned goods, according to internal projections reported by Reuters.

Internal documents reviewed by Reuters suggest that Meta Platforms has quietly turned scam advertising on Facebook and Instagram into a multibillion dollar business line, even as the company publicly ...

A Facebook ad tells older Americans to claim a Medicare allowance card before it is too late. Another promises thousands of dollars for groceries, rent and gas. Some ads sound like they are coming ...

A lawsuit from the Consumer Federation of America accuses Meta of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scams advertisements on its platforms. On Tuesday, the nonprofit Consumer Federation ...

Meta is rolling out new scam alerts across Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger as it ramps up AI-driven fraud detection and advertiser verification. Meta is significantly expanding its anti-scam arsenal ...

Meta announced on Wednesday that it’s bringing more scam detection tools to Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger. The tech giant says the new features are designed to alert users before they engage with ...