Meta Battles an ‘Epidemic of Scams’ as Criminals Flood Instagram and Facebook
Technology,Scams,Instagram,Facebook,Meta,Social Media,Fraud
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For almost two years, Edgar Guzman has been getting calls from irate customers who responded to his ads on Instagram and Facebook META -2.35%decrease; red down pointing triangle. Or at least they thought they were his ads.
Guzman’s company, called “Half-Off Wholesale,” offers home-improvement supplies and garden equipment in bulk out of a suburban Atlanta warehouse. The ads offer steep discounts that are mouthwatering to bargain hunters: $29 for a pallet of power tools, and mixed boxes of returned Amazon.com merchandise with a starting bid of just $1, for example.
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