{"id":10425,"date":"2023-06-16T13:37:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T11:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/16\/mental-anguish-how-a-crypto-scam-advertised-on-facebook-cost-victim-her-life-savings\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T13:37:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T11:37:27","slug":"mental-anguish-how-a-crypto-scam-advertised-on-facebook-cost-victim-her-life-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/16\/mental-anguish-how-a-crypto-scam-advertised-on-facebook-cost-victim-her-life-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mental anguish\u2019: how a crypto scam advertised on Facebook cost victim her life savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian investigation reveals the human stories behind the scams on Meta\u2019s social media platforms<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/16\/victims-speak-out-over-fraud-on-instagram-facebook-and-whatsapp\">Victims speak out over \u2018tsunami\u2019 of fraud on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/16\/victim-of-hi-mum-on-whatsapp-lost-1600\">\u2018I felt stupid and embarrassed\u2019: victim of \u2018Hi Mum\u2019 fraud on WhatsApp lost \u00a31,600<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/16\/instagram-scam-i-spent-1200-on-clothes-for-my-son-that-never-arrived\">Instagram scam: \u2018I spent \u00a31,200 on clothes for my son that never arrived\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jane* lost her life savings and loans worth \u00a375,000 after falling victim to a cryptocurrency scam advertised on Facebook, which falsely claimed to be endorsed by the consumer champion Martin Lewis and left her saddled with thousands of pounds of debt.<\/p>\n<p>She is one of a growing number of Britons who has been scammed while using a social media platform operated by Meta, which also runs Instagram and WhatsApp. Banks are reporting a surge in fraud cases on the tech giant\u2019s websites and apps, expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/14\/tsb-facebook-instagram-owner-protect-users-fraud-meta-bank-uk\">cost UK households \u00a3250m this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/16\/crypto-scam-advertised-on-facebook-cost-victim-her-life-savings\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/535d4fbcc89a1a13f7397684744fc3a3ea2b8266\/1_0_4998_3000\/master\/4998.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5b95ddd9a252a799e7273c8ea4dd4a6a\" title=\"\u2018Mental anguish\u2019: how a crypto scam advertised on Facebook cost victim her life savings\" \/>Guardian investigation reveals the human stories behind the scams on Meta\u2019s social media platforms<\/p>\n<p>Victims speak out over \u2018tsunami\u2019 of fraud on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp<br \/>\n\u2018I felt stupid and embarrassed\u2019: victim of \u2018Hi Mum\u2019 fraud on WhatsApp lost \u00a31,600<br \/>\nInstagram scam: \u2018I spent \u00a31,200 on clothes for my son that never arrived\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Jane* lost her life savings and loans worth \u00a375,000 after falling victim to a cryptocurrency scam advertised on Facebook, which falsely claimed to be endorsed by the consumer champion Martin Lewis and left her saddled with thousands of pounds of debt.<br \/>\nShe is one of a growing number of Britons who has been scammed while using a social media platform operated by Meta, which also runs Instagram and WhatsApp. Banks are reporting a surge in fraud cases on the tech giant\u2019s websites and apps, expected to cost UK households \u00a3250m this year. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian investigation reveals the human stories behind the scams on Meta\u2019s social media platforms Victims speak out over \u2018tsunami\u2019 of fraud on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp \u2018I felt stupid and embarrassed\u2019: victim of \u2018Hi Mum\u2019 fraud on WhatsApp lost \u00a31,600 Instagram scam: \u2018I spent \u00a31,200 on clothes for my son that never arrived\u2019 Jane* lost &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/16\/mental-anguish-how-a-crypto-scam-advertised-on-facebook-cost-victim-her-life-savings\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Mental anguish\u2019: how a crypto scam advertised on Facebook cost victim her life savings<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10425"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}