Overview
- The eight-week operation ran from December 8, 2025 to January 30, 2026 under the African Joint Operation against Cybercrime across 16 African countries.
- Investigators linked the schemes to more than $45 million in losses and identified 1,247 victims, most of them in Africa.
- Authorities seized 2,341 devices and dismantled 1,442 malicious IPs, domains and servers used to run the scams.
- In Nigeria, police dismantled a high-yield investment ring, removed over 1,000 fraudulent social media accounts, and arrested six suspects tied to a telecom breach using compromised staff credentials.
- Kenyan investigators arrested 27 suspects tied to social media investment fraud, while Côte d’Ivoire police detained 58 in a crackdown on predatory loan apps and seized hundreds of phones and SIM cards.