Meta disables over 150,000 accounts in crackdown on south-east Asian scam networks

2026-03-11 - 17:33

Company also launches tools to spot scammers as Thai police arrest 21 people Meta disabled more than 150,000 accounts and Thai police arrested 21 people in a sweeping international crackdown on south-east Asian criminal scam centers that targeted people around the world, the social media company said Wednesday. The operation was led by Thailand’s Royal Thai police anti-cyber scam center, alongside the FBI and the US justice department’s scam center strike force, with Meta investigators acting on intelligence shared in real time by law enforcement. Continue reading...