B
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36%
36% -- social media scam interaction rate for social media users (2026)
36% of users who encountered scams on social platforms interacted with them.
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36%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Bitdefender
Primary
Tier A
https://bitdefender.in/deepfakes-are-making-romance-scams-harder-to-doubt/ ↗
Source Article
Deepfakes and Romance Scams: How to Stay Safe Online
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Bitdefender
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Methodology
Findings from Bitdefender's 2026 Global Scam Intelligence Report on scam distribution across social media, messaging platforms, SMS, phone calls, and online marketplaces.
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social media users: 36% social media scam interaction rate. Source: Bitdefender (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/social-media-scam-interaction-rate-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/social-media-scam-interaction-rate-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>36%</strong> -- social media scam interaction rate for social media users<br><small>Source: Bitdefender (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/social-media-scam-interaction-rate-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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