How to Avoid Scams Online This Holiday Season [Video]

As the holiday shopping season kicks off around the world, we’re launching a global anti-scam awareness campaign to help people stay safe online and on our apps. Scammers are persistent and try to trick people in a variety of ways – malicious texts and emails, websites impersonating known brands, posts on social media, visual discovery platforms, discussion forums and more. 

That’s why we’re sharing the latest relevant safety tools we’ve launched this year on Facebook Marketplace, WhatsApp and Instagram, along with new research into holiday scams across the internet we’ve disrupted on our apps, updates on enforcements against phishing domains and our work with industry peers to protect people online.We partnered with a top internet safety expert and ethical hacker, Rachel Tobac, to share how scammers might be targeting people online this holiday season and how to avoid scams. 

Pre-Holiday Anti-Scam Tips

As you’re looking for gifts and deals online, here are some tips …