Sponsored by Scammers (annex)

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Sponsored by Scammers (annex)

Published on 21.05.2026

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 BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation, together with 13 consumer groups from 13 countries (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the Netherlands), conducted an evidence-gathering to document the widespread financial scams on Meta, TikTok and Google as well as the limited corrective measures platforms take to prevent their circulation. The screenshots were taken between December 2025 and March 2026. Consumer groups collected 893 examples. This annex does not intend to provide the exhaustive list of ads, but highlights key examples collected per organisation. 

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