The bank says there were huge fraud spikes originating from Meta-owned sites and apps in 2022, which were responsible for 80% of the cases it dealt with. Ill with long Covid, she said she would “never get over” the humiliation of being caught out this way.Įarlier this week, TSB said it thought scams originating on Meta platforms could account for up to £250m of losses to UK households in 2023. Valerie, 73, one of the many victims, handed over £2,000 to someone pretending to be her son, a small business owner who had borrowed money in the past. While some people lost large amounts of money, a stream of unsuspecting online shoppers reported being conned out of smaller amounts when they placed orders with bogus online shops advertised on Facebook and Instagram.Īmong the most upsetting experiences shared were those of victims of the WhatsApp “Hi Mum” impersonation scam, where fraudsters impersonate family members to get them to send large sums of money. One Facebook user told us she was defrauded of her life savings and got pulled into debt, losing a total of £70,000, after being duped by an investment scam. With someone in the UK said to fall victim to a purchase scam starting on either Facebook or Instagram every seven minutes, the Guardian asked people who had been defrauded on these sites as well as its WhatsApp platform to get in touch.
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