After the first quarter of 2025, WhatsApp, owned by the Meta Group, decided to strengthen security on the WhatsApp platform in order to protect its users more and more. As a result, several fake accounts have been banned

WhatsApp is in sync with other platforms to identify fake profiles present simultaneously on several social networks. Among the new measures announced, WhatsApp also intends to alert users as soon as they are added to a potentially fraudulent group

According to Meta, these millions of fraudulent accounts were largely from criminal groups operating from Southeast Asia, in particular through forced labor camps. These networks exploited people forced to send scam messages, often linked to fake cryptocurrency investment opportunities or fictional jobs