#social-media-scams

#social-media-scams

Fraudsters are trying to take advantage of the unfolding chaos in the region on social media, preying on the fears of tourists currently stuck in countries across the area. Passengers have been trying to contact airlines on social media - but have been warned those responding to such queries are often from unofficial accounts.

We were flooded with calls, and the dog has already been adopted, not in danger of euthanasia. It's disappointing. Here we are getting blasted by untrue statements. The calls are taking valuable time and resources away from other animals at the shelter.

A total of 95 billion scam ads were seen in total by UK users during 2025, culminating in an average of 1,258 in money lost per scam. That figure was the second-highest in Europe, behind only Ireland (1,292), while the companies hosting social media platforms generated an estimated 430m in revenue across the year from adverts targeting British consumers with scams. The findings, by Juniper Research for banking app Revolut, show this is projected to rise to 137bn impressions per year by 2030 in the UK alone and approaching 1.5 trillion across Europe as a whole.

There's a myriad of scammers in the TikTok views niche, including those selling bot views, committing payment fraud, and posing threats to personal data.