Meta says it worked with global law enforcement agencies to disrupt criminal scam centers in Southeast Asia and disabled 150K+ accounts tied to scam centers
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Andy Stone
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Meta regularly partners with law enforcement to disrupt criminal scam networks based out of southeast Asia. Last week, the Royal Thai Police, FBI, DOJ Scam Center Strike Force and Meta joined together for a Joint Disruption Week in Bangkok, the second in just a few months.
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@metanewsroom
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Today we're launching new tools on @facebook, @whatsapp, and @messenger to help protect against scams. https://about.fb.com/...
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@joel_kaplan
Joel Kaplan
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A big win in the fight against criminal scammers. In our second joint enforcement surge since December, we worked with @DOJ, the @FBI and global law enforcement to take down sophisticated scam networks in Southeast Asia that targeted people in the US, UK, and across Asia and the
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@usattypirro
@usattypirro
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Online scam networks are destroying the financial lives of Americans every day and the criminals running them thought they were untouchable, operating from the other side of the world. Today, some of these criminals found out that U.S. law enforcement will hold them accountable
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@andymstone
Andy Stone
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And, building on the below, here's more evidence of the impact the DOJ Scam Center Strike Force continues to make! @USAO_DC https://about.fb.com/...