Sagarika Chakraborty

Meta Launches Global Anti-Scam Awareness Campaign

Scammers may send a text or email from an address mimicking a known brand or even your bank.

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Scammers may try to trick you into sharing personal information by asking you to confirm your bank details over text or email or participate in a survey.

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Meta is running timely safety education efforts around the globe in partnership with public figures, NGOs, creators, consumer groups and others on an ongoing basis.

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Meta constantly works to find and disrupt phishing domains impersonating its brands across the internet by working with others.

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On Instagram, if an account that Meta suspects to be engaging in scams, requests to follow you, it will remind you to be aware of potentially suspicious interactions.

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On WhatsApp, if someone you don't know messages you or adds you to a group, you’ll now see a context card giving you more information about the user or the group.

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Meta has also taken down over two million accounts on our apps associated with scam centers in Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines this year alone.

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