$220m Fine: Meta delists 63,000 Facebook accounts of alleged ‘Yahoo boys’ in Nigeria

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$220m Fine: Meta delists 63,000 Facebook accounts of alleged ‘Yahoo boys’ in Nigeria
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Meta has removed 63,000 'Yahoo Boys' Facebook accounts belonging to Nigerians suspected to be engaging in financial sextortion. The US-based firm disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, titled, Combating Financial Sextortion Scams From Nigeria'.

Meta has removed 63,000 'Yahoo Boys' Facebook accounts belonging to Nigerians suspected to be engaging in financial sextortion. The US-based firm disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, titled, Combating Financial Sextortion Scams From Nigeria'.

reports that 'Yahoo Boys' is a term for describing Internet scams in Nigeria.

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