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Meta dismantles 3.7 million scam-linked accounts in partnership with Singapore police

Wednesday, 23 September 2026, 07:14 · 1 min read

Meta has removed or restricted approximately 3.7 million scam-linked accounts and "shell pages" on Facebook and Instagram this year, working alongside the Singapore Police Force (SPF). The majority — some 3.64 million pages — had not yet been used for fraud but were pre-built infrastructure ready to be activated for scam campaigns at short notice, a tactic Meta described as a "newer scam vector." The two-year collaboration is significant because it shifts from reactive, report-by-report takedowns to proactive network disruption, with shared intelligence allowing Meta to act against interconnected webs of bad actors at scale before they can reach more victims.

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Channel NewsAsia — Meta takes action against 3.7 million scam-linked 'shell pages' and accounts in Singapore police partnership ↗︎
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