Meta shuts down 150,000 Facebook scam accounts, 21 arrested in global crackdown
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Meta has shut down 150,000 facebook accounts as part of a global crackdown on scam networks. The crackdown, which involved law enforcement agencies, targeted scam centers based in southeast asia and resulted in 21 arrests. The scope and details of the operation vary slightly across reports, but it is clear that a major disruption of scam networks has occurred.
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