Meta says a two-year information-sharing partnership with the Singapore Police Force helped it disrupt more than 3.7 million scam-linked accounts, pages and other content this year. Between January and June, Meta removed over 113,000 entities on Facebook and Instagram, and in July it acted against more than 3.6 million mostly "shell" pages. Company officials said the collaboration improves visibility into cross-border scam networks and warned that scammers increasingly use AI to mass-produce fake profiles and deceptive imagery.
Meta and Singapore Police Disrupt Over 3.7 Million Scam-Linked Accounts This Year
Meta, which is the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has acted against more than 3.7 million accounts with the help of the Singapore Police (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV)
Meta says it has disrupted more than 3.7 million accounts, pages and other pieces of content tied to scams so far this year after receiving intelligence from the Singapore Police Force (SPF). The companies have operated an information-sharing collaboration for two years to help identify and dismantle cross-border scam networks.
What Meta Took Down
Executives told a media briefing that between January and June Meta removed more than 113,000 entities and pages linked to fraud and scams on Facebook and Instagram. In June alone, the company disrupted over 33,600 entities and pages connected to scammers who were exploiting families searching travel websites ahead of the school holidays.
In July, Meta acted against more than 3.6 million entities and pages; the vast majority were so-called "shell pages" — accounts or pages with little or no active content that can be acquired and reused by scammers for future operations.
Why The Partnership Matters
Because scam operations span multiple platforms and jurisdictions, no single company can see the whole picture. Meta said the information provided by the Singapore Police Force helps it identify threats it might not detect alone and allows it to act at scale to dismantle networks before they reach more people.
Daryl Poon, Director of Law Enforcement Outreach (Asia Pacific) at Meta: "Scammers count on the fact that no single organisation sees the full picture. What we have built with the Singapore Police Force changes that. The information the police share helps us identify threats we might not see on our own, and our ability to act at scale means these networks can be dismantled before they reach more people."
Clara Koh, Director of Public Policy for Southeast Asia at Meta, warned that scammers now operate at an industrial scale and are increasingly using artificial intelligence "to mass produce fake profiles," fabricate imagery and even generate harmful code. Meta said it is continuing to invest in platform defenses and rapid removal processes to catch violating scam content before it reaches users.
Meta did not provide comparative figures for previous years. The company emphasized that partnerships with law enforcement, like the SPF collaboration, are a model it hopes to expand across the region to better combat cross-border fraud.
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