Meta collaborates with Singapore Police to address 3.7 million accounts and content

It often begins with a message: a stock tip that seems too good to be true, a luxury skincare brand offering deep discounts from a newly created page, or a group chat promising guaranteed returns with no risk involved. These “opportunities” are often orchestrated by organized, well-funded criminal networks operating across borders, platforms, and industries. These networks are agile and adapt rapidly, counting on the inability of any single organization to fully understand their operations.

Disrupting these networks necessitates collaboration, with law enforcement and tech companies sharing information and acting swiftly. In Singapore, such a partnership is taking place. Over the last two years, Meta and the Singapore Police Force (SPF) have developed an information-sharing alliance aimed at proactively identifying and removing scam content. Instead of reacting to individual reports, this joint effort focuses on network disruption, where SPF insights help Meta identify and dismantle groups of malicious actors. Similarly, information from Meta has enabled SPF to arrest seven men suspected of being involved in a transnational illegal remote betting operation in 2025.

A proactive approach to tackling scams

The collaboration between Meta and SPF has yielded significant results in 2026:

• Uncovering extensive networks: Between January and June 2026, data shared by SPF led Meta to act against over 113,000 entities and pages associated with fraud and scams on platforms like Facebook and Instagram. These mainly involved investment scams that promised guaranteed or high returns. The shared information resulted in Meta addressing more than five times the number of flagged assets, effectively dismantling interconnected networks.
• Addressing seasonal scam content: In anticipation of the school holidays in June 2026, Meta and SPF launched an enhanced operation targeting e-commerce scams that featured deceptive pricing, fake promotions, exaggerated product claims, and urgency tactics. This effort resulted in Meta acting against more than 33,600 entities.
• Preemptively disrupting networks: Ongoing collaborations with SPF flagged a new type of scam: “shell pages,” which appear inactive but are ready to launch scam campaigns. Acting on these signals in July 2026, Meta took action against over 3.6 million shell pages before they could be deployed.

Broader anti-scam initiatives

This collaboration is part of a broader anti-scam strategy by Meta. In May and June 2026, Meta joined forces with entities like Microsoft, Coinbase, and Starlink, as well as U.S. law enforcement and agencies from the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Thailand. This partnership led to the disruption of over a million online assets, including 1.4 million accounts, pages, and groups on Facebook and Instagram, and resulted in the Royal Thai Police arresting 63 individuals involved in scams.

Meta, SPF, and the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) also run public education campaigns, such as the “One Step Ahead” initiative, to raise awareness about scams. This campaign encourages users to enable security features like Two-Factor Authentication on Facebook and Instagram and promotes resources like the ScamShield website.

Meta continues to invest in safeguarding its platforms by removing scam content. This year alone, 65 million scam ads have been taken down from Facebook and Instagram, with 94% removed before being reported.

Through initiatives like the Industry Accord Against Online Scams and Fraud and the ASEAN Public Private Partnership Principles for Tackling Online Scams, Meta supports collaborative efforts to combat scams globally. The partnership with SPF exemplifies how swift action based on shared information can effectively counter organized crime. For more on online safety, visit the Meta Scam Protection Center. In Singapore, users can download ScamShield for real-time protection.