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

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By Aisha MalikApr 27, 2026, 3:09 pm138 pts
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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