Unfortunately, common social media scams will often exploit sad stories like a heartbreaking diagnosis or life-threatening disease for ulterior motives. Scammers may send messages or create posts on ...

SALEM, Mo. (KY3) - If you own or work for a small business, make sure you know about this Facebook scam. A taxidermy company near Salem reached out to On Your Side to warn others, if you get this ...

(WHTM) — A warning to anyone on Facebook about a message you might receive threatening to shut down your page: don’t respond. It first popped up a few years ago and is spreading again. It’s a message ...

Scam ads on Facebook have evolved beyond the days of misspelled headlines and sketchy product photos. Today, many are powered by artificial intelligence, fueled by deepfake technology and distributed ...

MidAmerican Energy is alerting customers about a scam involving a fake Facebook profile impersonating the utility's business page.

So-called sextortion scams are on the rise, with criminals from Nigeria frequently targeting adult men in the U.S., according to social media giant Meta. Meta on Wednesday said it has removed about 63 ...

Two Athens residents were victims of scams resulting in significant financial losses. One victim lost $20,000 in a phone scam impersonating her bank. Another victim lost $5,000 in a Facebook scam ...

ESCANABA, MI – The Facebook page for an animal shelter in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has been hacked. A puppy scam was posted to the Delta Animal Shelter’s page, the Delta County Sheriff’s Office said ...

Elon Musk discovered a simple 30-second “fridge trick” that can reverse diabetes, but the discovery has spooked pharmaceutical companies so much they put a $78 million bounty on his head, forcing the ...