Are scams more common on certain social media sites?

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), more than 95,000 people reported losing a total of US$770mil (RM3.38bil) on social networks in 2021. — Photography Suwaree Tangbovornpichet/Getty Images/AFP Relaxnews

Whether on Facebook, TikTok or Instagram, scams are everywhere on the web. But is there one social network where we're most likely to come across a scam? A survey was designed to look into the matter.

"You have won the latest iPhone," "you're the recipient of a gift certificate." Most likely you have already seen a message like this, either circulating via email or on a social network feed. With social networks counting more than 4 billion users, there has never been such a big market potentially at risk of being the victim of a scam.