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New FTC Data Show People Have Lost Billions to Social Media Scams (www.ftc.gov)
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Social media was the costliest fraud contact method in 2025 and reported losses increased eightfold since 2020

Reports show that in 2025, people reported losing more money to scams that started on Facebook than on any other social media platform. WhatsApp and Instagram were a distant second and third. In 2025, people reported losing far more money to scams on Facebook alone than they reported losing to text or email scams.

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[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is this including the ones actively promoted by the POTUS?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, he just wants to do shots all night!

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.....oh, sorry. He just GETS shot all night! Sorry for the confusion.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Merely shot at, I'm afraid

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

Not even that. As always, it's the lowly grunts that literally take the bullet for the pedo-in-chief while he walks free.