July 24 (UPI) --Meta said Wednesday it removed tens of thousands accounts based in Nigeria in a crackdown on sextortion schemes stemming from the country. The company said it took down 63,000 ...

LAGOS, July 24 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab said on Wednesday it had removed about 63,000 accounts in Nigeria that attempted to engage in financial sexual extortion scams ...

Meta said Wednesday it has removed roughly 63,000 accounts engaged in financial sextorion scams, a growing category of online crime in which scammers use fake accounts to dupe victims into sharing ...

WhatsApp and Threads — revealed they took down 63,000 accounts. Some 2,500 accounts were said to be run by 20 individuals allegedly trying to cheat people out of money. Meta says the group is ...

Meta Platforms Inc. (the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) announced on Wednesday the removal of 63,000 accounts associated with the Nigerian cybercrime scene, which were ...

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 ...

Meta says it has has taken down about 63,000 Instagram accounts engaging in sexual extortion scams. It also removed thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to organise, recruit and ...

Meta took down 63,000 Nigerian Instagram accounts involved in sextortion scams, primarily targeting US adults. The Yahoo Boys network was dismantled, with further actions on Facebook. Some minor ...