At the FTC, we’ve seen an increase in scams that start with an unexpected text. FTC Commissioner Meador shares advice on how to spot text scams so you can avoid them: | Federal Trade Commission

No one at the FTC will ever tell you to move your money to protect it. Only a scammer will ask you to do that. FTC Chairman Ferguson explains how FTC impersonator scams work so you can spot and avoid them: | Federal Trade Commission

JUST IN: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it has opened an open, nonpublic investigation into Facebook’s privacy practices, after the social media giant’s announcement that British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica may have misused the data of about 50 million users to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. https://fxn.ws/2I7iOrH | Fox Business