Meta Ramps Up Efforts to Disrupt Industrialized Scamming

Meta announced new account protections, meta announced new account protections to flag potentially suspicious activity early in scam interactions.

Deployed expanded and new scam-detection features, meta expanded Messenger scam detection, added WhatsApp new-device-link warnings, and tested Facebook friend-request alerts.

Reported collaboration with Thai law enforcement that led to arrests and account removals, meta shared that the action followed a collaboration with Thai law enforcement resulting in arrests and account takedowns.

Began public disclosures about scam-compound takedowns in late 2024, meta said it began speaking publicly about work on scam compounds at the end of 2024.

Took down over 2 million scam-compound accounts in 2024, meta said it took down more than 2 million accounts related to scam compounds in 2024.