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Global Scam Machines: Inside a Meta-Powered Investment Fraud Ecosystem Spanning 25 Countries

ID: 8f4fb5a7-e454-5e13-a9f0-c7fe9c858973

STIX ID: report--8f4fb5a7-e454-5e13-a9f0-c7fe9c858973

Feed Name: Bitdefender Labs

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-03-09

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

Author: Alecsandru Cătălin DAJ

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Bitdefender Labs identified a large, coordinated malvertising and disinformation-for-profit ecosystem (310 campaigns, ~26,000 ad sightings) that impersonates trusted news brands and public figures to drive regional audiences into lead-generation investment fraud funnels; operators use advanced moderation-evasion techniques (preview whitelisting, homoglyphs, rotating pages, spoof domains) and shared infrastructure across 25+ countries.

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