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sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 天前

Online scams cost Americans almost $150B last year – 7x more than reported

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Online scams cost Americans almost $150B last year – 7x more than reported

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sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 天前
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The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) estimates that online scams cost Americans almost $150 billion last year – seven times...
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    Way to go Meta

    The top three platforms used by scammers all belong to Meta: Facebook at 57%, Instagram at 22%, and WhatsApp at 8%

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      I’m a bit surprised YouTube isn’t higher. I guess meta products are just spectacularly scummy.

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      Meta makes billions with it, so why would they block them?

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        Even worse, if a block request comes they go the scammer and ask for more money to leave it up.

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      And MAGA for neutering the FTC which was fighting against crypto scams.

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        The current administration has pretty much normalized that one.

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