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Meta's platforms are under scrutiny for allowing scam ads, with reports of fraud linked to Zelle transactions. Critics question Meta's commitment to user safety.

Romance scams begin all over the internet, from criminals blasting out messages on Facebook to hundreds of victims at a time, to others matching with every profile they see on dating apps.

Meta also said it had removed thousands of Facebook pages dedicated to sharing tips on how to operate such scams, including scripts to convince targets to share explicit pictures of themselves.

Facebook was the platform used for 90% of those sales, Finextra said. "Less discussed" are the romance scams, when the con artist strikes up a "feigned emotional bond" with their victim before ...

An elderly Oregon couple fell victim to a crook who swindled them out of their life’s savings — using a sinister Facebook scam. The trouble began when an anonymous septuagenarian couple from ...