Meta Acts Against 3.7 Mn Scammers' Accounts with Singapore Police Help
Meta said SPF intelligence helped it remove scam infrastructure before activation, including 3.64 million shell pages and more than 113,000 related entities.
- On Wednesday, Meta announced it disrupted more than 3.7 million scam-linked accounts and content this year, aided by intelligence from the Singapore Police Force .
- Building on a two-year partnership, Meta and the SPF focus on proactively dismantling entire scam ecosystems rather than responding to individual reports after the fact.
- Meta identified 3.64 million 'shell pages' described as a 'newer scam vector,' dormant infrastructure that appeared harmless until syndicates activated them for massive campaigns.
- In July, Meta removed these pages before weaponization, while a separate June operation with the SPF intercepted more than 33,600 e-commerce scam entities during seasonal peaks.
- Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Justin Wong of the SPF's Cyber Command said this operation demonstrates collaboration's power, noting scam infrastructure was 'decisively taken down.
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Meta takes down over 3.7 million scam-linked 'shell' pages and accounts, some tied to Singapore
Meta has taken action against more than 3.7 million entities on Facebook and Instagram this year, including some tied to Singapore-based scams.The tech company said in a statement on Wednesday (Sept 23) that it collaborated closely with the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and based on the information shared, further investigated interconnected accounts, pages and entities associated with the same scam networks.More than 20,000 accounts, pages, and …
Meta acts against 3.7 mil. scammers' accounts with Singapore police help
SINGAPORE — Meta has disrupted more than 3.7 million scam-linked accounts, pages and other content this year based on information provided by the Singapore police, the company said Wednesday. The social media giant said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) has been helping Meta's investigators "identify and dismantle entire ecosystems of scammers" through an information-sharing collaboration in place over the past two years. Between January and June…
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