The parent company of Facebook, Meta Platforms Inc., announced on Wednesday that it has taken action against online fraudsters in Nigeria by removing 63,000 accounts. These accounts were linked to individuals using Meta’s social media services to blackmail targets after soliciting intimate photos. Additionally, Meta announced that it had deleted thousands of other accounts, pages, and groups distributing scripts on how to blackmail and sexually extort users. The Facebook accounts were involved in financial and sexual extortion scams, mainly targeting adult men in the United States. Nigerian online fraudsters, often referred to as “Yahoo boys,” are known for various fraudulent
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