Aug. 6 (UPI) -- WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts linked to scammers around the world, Meta said.
WhatsApp rolled out a new anti-scam measure to alert users of scams. Many of the scams were tied to criminal organizations in South East Asia, according to Meta.
The criminals would hijack WhatsApp accounts for group chats to promote fake investment schemes using cryptocurrency as payment.
Meta said WhatsApp "proactively detected and took down accounts before scam centers were able to operationalize them."
U.K. consumer rights organization Which? Said "Meta must do much more to stop these criminals across all its platforms."
