How Meta describes the information-sharing process

Meta describes its partnership with the Singapore Police Force as a way to investigate connected scam operations. According to the company, information from police helps its investigators identify networks behind suspicious activity, extending the work beyond responding to individual reports. The stated aim is to identify and disrupt the infrastructure that supports those operations.

Meta says investigators can follow connections from a disabled account or page to other suspected scammers. In its account of work between January and June 2026, the company says police information informed enforcement against entities and pages associated with fraud on Facebook and Instagram. It describes investment offers promising guaranteed or high returns as the predominant content involved.

What Meta means by shell pages

One target, according to Meta, is what it calls shell pages: pages that appear empty, with neither advertisements nor content that violates its rules. The company describes these pages as infrastructure scammers had prepared to activate later. In this account, police information provides a signal about intended use that the pages’ visible content does not reveal.

Meta says it acted against more than 3.6 million shell pages in July 2026 using police signals, before those pages could be used, and says further disruption efforts are underway. The total describes the scale of enforcement against pages. It does not itself quantify financial losses prevented or the number of people protected.

What the public campaign encourages

Alongside enforcement, Meta says it works with the Singapore Police Force and the National Crime Prevention Council on public education. Their One Step Ahead campaign encourages people to enable two-factor authentication and passkeys on Facebook and Instagram for account protection. It also points WhatsApp users toward security features including Linked Device Notifications.

For people in Singapore seeking information about scam approaches, Meta says the campaign directs users to the ScamShield website to learn about different scam types and staying safe. This gives the public-facing part of the partnership two documented components: encouragement to use account security features and guidance toward local educational resources.

Sources & context

  1. Meta Takes Action on 3.7 Million Accounts, Pages and Content In Partnership With Singapore Police ForceMeta

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