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They were deceiving people to get money, WhatsApp deletes millions of accounts

2025-08-06 12:51:08Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
They were deceiving people to get money, WhatsApp deletes millions of accounts
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WhatsApp has deleted over 6.8 million fraudulent accounts in the first half of the year, its parent company, Meta, has announced.

Many of them were linked to fraud centers run by organized criminals in Southeast Asia who often used forced labor in their operations, the company says.

This announcement comes after WhatsApp rolled out new anti-fraud measures to notify users of potential fraudulent activity such as a user being added to a group chat by someone who is not in their contact list.

The deletion targets a common tactic of criminals who hack into WhatsApp accounts to add users to group chats that promote fake investment schemes and other scams.

Meta said WhatsApp "proactively detected and deleted the accounts before the fraud centers could operate."

In one case, WhatsApp collaborated with Meta and OpenAI to disrupt a Cambodian criminal group that was offering money for social media likes to promote a fake pyramid scheme for renting a skateboard.

The scammers had used ChatGPT to create the instructions given to victims.

They usually contacted them via a message before the conversation moved to social networks or other messaging apps.

The scams were concluded with payments or cryptocurrency platforms. “There is always a catch and it should be a red flag for everyone: you have to pay upfront to get the promised profits,” Meta said.

The scam centers that are extorting millions of dollars from people operate from countries like Myanmar, Cambodia, and Thailand. They recruit people who are forced to carry out the scams.

Authorities have advised people to be wary of potential scams and use measures such as double verification on WhatsApp to protect their account and be alert to strange messages.


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