FBI Reports $17 Billion Scam-Center Tally as West Africa Raids Net 28 Arrests
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US authorities announced a coordinated enforcement week tied to scam operations in West Africa, with 28 arrests in Ghana and Nigeria and more than 3.7 million online accounts, pages, and groups removed. The same effort also identified about $11 million in cryptocurrencies that may be subject to seizure, while one tally put the broader scam-center losses at $17 billion.
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Users and platforms notice the shutdowns first: more than 3.7 million online accounts, pages, and groups were removed, and that changes what remains visible and reachable today. People dealing with the affected scam networks also face the arrests in Ghana and Nigeria, which were announced alongside the crackdown.
In practice, the enforcement week took out account infrastructure and flagged about $11 million in cryptocurrencies as potentially seizable. What remains the same is that the action is described as a coordinated campaign against scam operations, not a permanent end to the broader problem.
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