Tech Giants Unite to Combat Online Financial Scams
Meta, Coinbase, Match Group, and others form coalition to address growing threats from romance and crypto scams.
- The 'Tech Against Scams' coalition aims to disrupt tools used by scammers and educate consumers.
- Members include Meta, Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple, Gemini, and Match Group.
- The coalition will share threat intelligence and best practices to protect users.
- Scams like 'pig butchering' involve fraudsters gaining trust through social media and dating apps.
- Losses from online scams have surged, with $3.94 billion lost to crypto scams in the U.S. in 2023.