Meta removes over 2 million accounts pushing pig butchering scams

Meta reports removing 2 million accounts across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger tied to pig-butchering scams operated by organized crime networks in Southeast Asia and the UAE, which use spray-and-pray outreach, long-term social engineering, and fake investment platforms. Citing FBI data showing investment fraud losses rising to 4.57B in 2023, Meta details measures including DOI policy enforcement, behavioral and technical detection, law enforcement and tech sector collaboration (e.g., Tech Against Scams), and user protections like warnings, 2FA, and selfie verification.