There has been a marked rise in sextortion cases in recent years, fueled in part by a loosely organized group called the Yahoo Boys, operating mainly out of Nigeria.
Meta removes approximately 63,000 Nigerian Facebook accounts linked to Yahoo Boys in a crackdown on financial sextortion scams. The tech giant also takes down 7,200 other resources, including 1,300 accounts, 200 pages, and 5,700 groups.
Meta Platforms Inc. removed 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria linked to scammers who were using its social media services to blackmail targets after soliciting intimate photos, the company said Wednesday. Meta, which also owns Facebook…
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Meta said Wednesday that it has taken down about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria running sexual extortion scams and has removed thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to organize, recruit and train new scammers.
Meta has removed 63,000 ‘Yahoo Boys’ Facebook accounts belonging to Nigerians suspected to be engaging in financial sextortion. The US-based firm disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, titled, Combating Financial Sextortion Scams From…
The parent company of Facebook, Meta Platforms Inc., announced on Wednesday that it has taken action against online fraudsters in Nigeria by removing 63,000 accounts. These accounts were linked to individuals using Meta’s social media…
By Adedapo Adesanya Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has taken significant action against online scammers in Nigeria, removing 63,000 Instagram accounts and 7,200 Facebook accounts linked to individuals using the social…
Meta, on Wednesday, announced that it had taken down approximately 63,000 Nigerian Facebook accounts attempting to engage in financial sexual extortion scams targeting adult men in the United States. The parent company of Facebook…
Meta reportedly removed nearly 63,000 accounts of Nigerian scammers involved in sextortion scams. These perpetrators reportedly were part of Yahoo Boys group and were trying to recruit and train others to do the scams.