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@pipelineabuser claims Reuters obtained internal Meta documents showing the…

2026-03-03 · 23:09 UTC ·@pipelineabuser ·1 min read

Brief

Meta's ad-fraud exposure is framed here as structural rather than incidental. The original post cites alleged internal projections that scam ads account for roughly $16 billion in revenue and says enforcement thresholds are too high to meaningfully curb abuse, while Jason Applebaum argues the new credit-line system will be actively exploited by black-hat buyers using stolen or hacked accounts, worsening ad costs for legitimate advertisers.

Why it matters

@pipelineabuser claims Reuters obtained internal Meta documents showing the company projected 10% of revenue—about $16 billion—would come from scam ads.

Key details

  • The post alleges Meta serves 15 billion 'sketchy ads' per day and only bans advertisers at 95% certainty, arguing that removing credit cards will not materially reduce fraud.
  • Jason Applebaum counters that Meta's credit-line ad accounts are already being sold on Telegram for a few hundred dollars and predicts black-hat operators will exploit stolen identities and hacked accounts, pushing CPMs higher over the next year for legitimate DTC advertisers.
Source evidence

title: @pipelineabuser: blackhats adapt to everything.

credit line BMs already going for a few hundred on telegram reuters ...
author: @pipelineabuser
contenttype: tweet
publication: Twitter/X
published: 2026-03-03T23:09:05+00:00
sourceurl: https://x.com/pipelineabuser/status/2028970948020584616

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blackhats adapt to everything.

credit line BMs already going for a few hundred on telegram reuters got the internal docs.

meta projected 10% of revenue from scam ads. $16 billion.

15 billion sketchy ads served daily. only ban at 95% certainty removing credit cards doesn't fix that.

the fraud is the revenue

Jason Applebaum (@Jason______A)

Couldn't be more incorrect.

The Black Hatters are doing back flips of joy with how much they are about to Scam Facebook by not paying credit lines and running up giant tabs on stolen identities and hacked accounts.

This is by far the worse thing to happen, at one of the worst times for Real DTC operators.

Come this time next year CPM's will be even worse so Zuck can get back all the Money he lost in an effort to save 2% on CC Fees.

— https://nitter.net/Jason______A/status/2028850189989986627#m