VERIFYING 6 kinds of social media scams [Video]

We VERIFY six ways scammers try to trick you on social media, and how you can avoid getting scammed.

Each holiday season, scammers hope to turn consumers’ Christmas shopping into gifts for themselves.

People under the age of 70 fall for social media scams more often than any other type of scam, such as phone calls, texting and email, according to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) data.

There are many types of social media scams and many different methods scammers use to trick victims. We VERIFIED six different ways scammers use social media to target victims and teach you how to avoid these scams.

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Online shopping scams

The most common social media scams are ads, particularly on Facebook and Instagram, that lead to fake online stores that never deliver items their victims have purchased, according to the FTC.

A red flag that an online store’s website may be fraudulent is if it’s missing basic information, …

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