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Meta Removes Thousands of Facebook Accounts Running Sextortion Scams from Nigeria

  • Meta has taken down approximately 63,000 Facebook-accounts from Nigeria involved in sextortion scams, targeting primarily adult men in the U.S.
  • The company removed a network of 2,500 accounts linked to a group known as the Yahoo Boys, who were organizing and training new scammers.
  • Meta also reported attempts to target minors to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.