In its latest security report, Meta says it removed 2M+ accounts this year connected to pig butchering scams conducted from Southeast Asia and the UAE
Here's Why TechRadar : Meta reveals major crackdown on organized crime scams Cynthia B Brumfield / Metacurity : Meta Addresses Pig-Butchering, Claims Two-Year Collaboration with Law Enforcement Wired : Meta Finally Breaks Its Silence on Pig Butchering International Business Times : Meta purges over 2 million accounts linked to scam centres Kerem Gülen / Dataconomy : Meta's war on crypto scams: 2 million accounts down Rafly Gilang / MSPoweruser : Meta killed over 2 million “pig butchering” scams-related accounts this year Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Cracks Down On $64B ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams Involving Dating Apps, Social Media And Crypto Investing James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : Meta takes down millions of accounts related to ‘pig-butchering’ scams Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Meta Outlines its Efforts to Combat ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams Stefanie Schappert / Cybernews.com : Meta boots over 2M fake accounts originating from overseas scam centers Kevin Collier / NBC News : Meta removes 2 million accounts related ‘pig-butchering’ scams Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill : Meta removes 2 million accounts accused of ‘pig butchering’ scams Tim Starks / CyberScoop : Meta cracks down on millions of accounts it tied to pig-butchering scams Naomi Nix / Washington Post : Meta removes millions of accounts pushing ‘pig butchering’ investment scam Bree Fowler / CNET : Meta Says It Has Removed More Than 2 Million Accounts Linked to Pig-Butchering Scams Karissa Bell / Engadget : Meta says it's taken down 2 million accounts linked to ‘pig butchering’ scams Michael Kan / PCMag : Meta Shuts Down 2 Million Accounts Tied to ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams Threads: Andy Stone / @andymstone : Meta removed over two million accounts linked to scam centers in Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, the UAE and the Philippines. We're focusing on the criminal organizations behind ‘pig butchering’ and other schemes, which target people globally through messaging, dating, social media and crypto and other apps to convince them to ‘invest’ under false pretenses. https://about.fb.com/... Bluesky: Catalin Cimpanu / @campuscodi.risky.biz : Cyber scam (pig butchering) compounds reach the UAE. I guess scammers love the UAE's 0% taxe rate too — about.fb.com/news/2024/11... @canadianstockshq.bsky.social : For Facebook, that's two hours on a random Tuesday. Lily Hay Newman / @lhn.bsky.social : Meta announced today that it's done 2 million account takedowns related to pig butchering this year, but the real news is Meta talking about pig butchering in any specific/substantial way (the company has warned a bit about investment/romance scams in the past) — www.wired.com/story/meta-p... Matt Burgess / @mattburgess1.bsky.social : STORY with @lhn.bsky.social: Meta is speaking out about pig butchering scams for the first time—it says it has removed 2 million pig butchering accounts this year. — In one instance, OpenAI alerted Meta to criminals using ChatGPT to generate comments used in scams Forums: r/technews : Meta Finally Breaks Its Silence on Pig Butchering