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Meta removes a massive network of Nigerian sextortion accounts
Fast CompanyMeta said Wednesday it has removed roughly 63,000 accounts engaged in financial sextorion scams, a growing category of online crime in which scammers use fake accounts to dupe victims into sharing nude photos, then extort them for money. The accounts …