Valentine is usually a date indicated for cybercriminals, special and obviously for those who are dedicated to perpetrating scams in which love is bait.
Cases apart, like that of the supposed Brad Pitt that two women cheated in Spain by stealing 325,000 eurostechnological platforms pay a lot of attention to this matter and fight so that romantic scams, known as Romance Scam.
According to the company itself, In 2024, goal has eliminated 408,000 fraudulent accounts from Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benín and Cameroon. These profiles, which were passed by military personnel or businessmen, cheated users in countries as diverse as Australia, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the United States, South Korea, Syria, Japan and Ukraine.
“We constantly work to detect and stop romantic scams Aimed at people on the Internet, based on the malicious signals that we identify and update continuously, ”they say.
They assure that, recently, they have also detected and eliminated more than 116,000 pages and accounts on Facebook and Instagrammainly in Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benín, Kenya and Cameroon, involved in similar activities.
How do you detect possible scams on your platforms
One of the techniques used goal is based on facial recognition: “If our detection systems or the complaints of the people identify a possible impostor account, we will compare their profile picture with the Facebook profile and Instagram profile photos of public figures. If we find a coincidence, we will eliminate the account, ”they explain.
In Messenger, users receive ‘security notices’ that They alert about suspicious activities and indicate the possible location of the interlocutor in another country. A system that is tasting now for teenagers also on Instagram.
For its part, WhatsApp offers the option to silence calls from unknown numbershelping to prevent unwanted contacts.
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