Meta Takes Down 63K Instagram Accounts, 5,700 Facebook Groups And 1,300 Facebook Accounts Linked To Sextortion Schemes
Meta recently announced the removal of approximately 63,000 Instagram accounts located in Nigeria. These accounts were involved in attempting to carry out “sextortion” scams, primarily targeting adult men in the US, with some children also being targeted. Perpetrators of the scams utilised “sextortion” tactics on both Instagram and Facebook. These tactics involved threats of exposing … Read more
