Meta and Global Law Enforcement Disrupt Southeast Asia Scam Networks and Disable 150,000 Accounts

Meta shuts over150k scam profiles

A joint operation between the Royal Thai Police (RTP), the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Meta resulted in the arrest of 21 people and the shutdown of over 150,000 accounts linked to scam operations.

Meta, DOJ Take Down Criminal Scam Networks Across Southeast Asia

American and international law enforcement agencies teamed up with Meta to take down major criminal scam networks operating out of Southeast Asia, with the company disabling more than 150,000 related accounts, Meta said in a March 11 statement. “Online scams have become significantly more sophisticated and industrialized in recent years, with criminal networks often based in Southeast Asia in countries like Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos running wh…

Meta disables 150,000 accounts in crackdown on Southeast Asia scam networks

Meta collaborating with global law enforcement agencies including FBI - Anadolu Ajansı

Global crackdown targets Southeast Asia's criminal scam networks

Online scam networks, many operating out of compounds in Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos, have grown increasingly sophisticated in recent years

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Meta Disables 150,000 Scam Accounts in Global Crackdown

The operation was conducted in coordination with the Royal Thai Police Anti-Cyber Scam Center and law enforcement agencies from several countries