Meta Files Lawsuits Against Brazil, China, Vietnam Advertisers Over Celeb-Bait Scams

Meta has initiated legal action and enforcement against advertisers and marketers involved in large-scale online scam campaigns—such as celeb-bait ads, cloaking-based redirects, and subscription fraud—while security firms report millions of scam ad impressions, tens of thousands of malicious domains, and organized pig-butchering operations; the report also highlights malicious infrastructure (malvertising, push networks, compromised routers/TDS) and ongoing law-enforcement efforts to dismantle scam compounds in Southeast Asia.