Meta and Singapore police dismantle 3.6m scam pages in 2026

Meta took action against 3.64 million such shell pages in July.

Listen Summarise Meta, with information from the Singapore Police Force, found and dismantled 3.6 million dormant 'shell pages' on Facebook and Instagram. From January to June 2026, Meta and SPF acted against 33,600 e-commerce fraud entities and 113,000 scam accounts that were mostly involved in investment scams. SPF's new Cyber Command and Meta's partnership enables proactive disruption of scam networks. AI generated

SINGAPORE – The pages lie dormant, appearing silent, empty and harmless with no advertisements or harmful posts.

But in an instant, scammers could make millions of them come to life, orchestrating massive scam campaigns across Facebook and Instagram to trick thousands of unsuspecting victims.

With information from the Singapore Police Force (SPF), Meta, the parent company of the two social media platforms, took action against 3.64 million of such “shell pages” in July.