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Meta Launches Australian Scam Tool

This is a Australia news story, published by Mashable, that relates primarily to FIRE news.

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Facebook cracks down on celebrity deepfake scams after $43 million in losses for Australians

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76% Informative

Meta launched a new Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange ( FIRE ) tool in Australia in an effort to cut down on the massive financial losses suffered by victims in the country.

The FIRE tool is, effectively, a joint effort between Meta and banks to collect information on online scams.

Australians had reported $43.3 million — around $30 million USD — in losses from social media scams just from January through August .

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http://News.com.auhttps://www.scamwatch.gov.au/https://www.ziffdavis.com/ztg-privacy-policyhttps://10play.com.au/theproject/articles/ai-generated-image-of-robert-irwin-being-arrested-used-to-scam-aussies-out-of-millions/tpa240531lwzfdhttps://games.mashable.com/https://www.nsw.gov.au/id-support-nsw/learn/data-breaches/data-breach-announcements/beware-of-celebrity-deepfake-investment-scams-onlinehttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/02/more-than-9000-scam-facebook-pages-deleted-after-australians-lose-millions-to-celebrity-deepfakeshttps://www.ziffdavis.com/terms-of-usehttps://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/facebooks-major-move-to-combat-scams-with-fraud-intelligence-reciprocal-exchange/news-story/533eb31049320ec6f8cef9ec1c07d87bhttps://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/scam-losses-decline-but-more-work-to-do-as-australians-lose-27-billion

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news.com.auwww.scamwatch.gov.auwww.ziffdavis.com10play.com.augames.mashable.comwww.nsw.gov.auwww.theguardian.comwww.news.com.auwww.accc.gov.au

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