#online-scams — Public Fediverse posts
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Undocumented feature in Facebook -- it leads the pack as the origination point for many online scams.
FTC reports social media scams cost US peeps $2.1B in 2025 -- an 8x increase since 2020. WhatsApp and Instagram were a "distant" second and third to Facebook as the starting point and scams can be broadly grouped into investments, shopping, or romance. https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/online-security/social-media-scams-cost-americans-more-than-usd2-1-billion-last-year-according-to-the-ftc #SocialMedia #Scams #OnlineScams #Facebook #WhatsApp #Instagram #Internet #FTC #Shopping #OnlineShopping #Investments
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Interesting research indicates interactions of cryptocurrency in support of human trafficking operations increased 85% year-over-year.
Further, this increase in cryptocurrency activity related to human trafficking is aligned with the growth of Southeast Asia based scam compounds, online casinos and gambling sites, and money laundering networks. https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/crypto-human-trafficking-2026/ #Crypto #CryptoCrime #CryptoCurrencies #HumanTrafficing #CSAM #SoutheastAsia #BlockChain #OnlineGambling #OnlineScams #MoneyLaundering #Crime #OnlineCrime #ChainAlysis
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Social media crimes: the case of Manti Te'o
https://negativepid.blog/social-media-crimes-the-case-of-manti-teo/
#rMantiTeo #scams #onlineScams #fraud #internetFraud #identityTheft #romanceScams #socialMedia #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #SOCMINT #HUMINT #socialEngineering #cyberInvestigations #intelligence #negativepid