US EditionWhatsApp Says It Is Adding Tools to Help Users Combat Messaging Scams
- On August 5, 2025, Meta revealed that WhatsApp had banned over 6.8 million accounts associated with scam operations globally, with the majority connected to regions in Southeast Asia.
- Meta linked these actions to growing scam activities, including a disrupted criminal scam center in Cambodia using ChatGPT to generate scam messages.
- Meta introduced two new WhatsApp tools, such as safety overviews when unknown users add someone to groups, plus alerts encouraging users to pause before responding to suspicious contacts.
- WhatsApp highlighted that users can leave a group without needing to open or view its messages, while also warning that requests for advance payments to receive promised earnings should be seen as a warning sign of scams.
- These initiatives are part of Meta’s continued efforts to combat large-scale scam operations, addressing the unprecedented $16.6 billion in losses reported by American victims in 2024.
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WhatsApp Launches New Safety Tool, 6.8 Million Scam Centre Accounts Banned
WhatsApp has launched a new 'safety overview', which will alert a user when someone not in their contact list adds them to a new WhatsApp group that they may not recognise, as Meta's messaging platform intensified its crackdown on scams and fraud.
WhatsApp takes down 6.8 million accounts linked to criminal scam centers, Meta says (Business)
WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts that were 'linked to criminal scam centers' targeting people online around that world, its parent company Meta said this week. The account deletions, which Meta said took place over the first six months of the year, arrive as part of wider company efforts...
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WhatsApp takes down 6.8 million accounts linked to criminal scam centers, Meta says
NEW YORK (AP) — WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts that were “linked to criminal scam centers” targeting people online around that world, its parent company Meta said this week. The account deletions, which Meta said took place over the first six months of the year, arrive as part of wider company efforts to crack down on scams. In a Tuesday announcement, Meta said it was also rolling new tools on WhatsApp to help people spot scams — i…
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