Meta targets 3.7 million scam-linked accounts with police support

Over 113,000 fraud entities were removed or restricted from January to June.

Meta has taken action against more than 3.7 million scam-linked entities, accounts, and pages on Facebook and Instagram through enhanced information sharing with the Singapore Police Force (SPF).

Between January and June, SPF referred over 20,000 accounts, pages, and content to Meta for disruption after detecting signals indicative of scam-related content.

This included impersonation scams using social media influencers' identities to promote fictitious investment schemes, scam ads offering concert tickets, and food items and other goods at exceptionally low prices to lure potential victims into transferring money.

As a result, the technology company removed or restricted more than 113,000 entities and pages connected to fraud and scams, more than five times the number of assets flagged.

This follows as the two parties expand efforts to target the wider infrastructure behind scam activity.

Meta conducted further investigations using information provided by SPF to identify and take action against interconnected accounts, pages, and entities associated with the same scam networks.

In June, both stepped up enforcement during the school holidays to pre-empt a typical seasonal spike in scam activity. The effort led to action against more than 33,600 entities targeting investment scams, deceptive e-commerce, and other fraud types.

In July, Meta's specialist investigators conducted an in-depth investigation to identify seemingly harmless or empty pages and entities pre-built for scam campaigns.

Overall, more than 3.64 million of these pages were removed, the police said.

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