BANGKOK — Thailand’s National Police Chief has launched an investigation after Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra revealed she was nearly targeted by a sophisticated AI-powered scam, with the involvement of Chinese …
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Ghana Arrests Abdul Latif Abubakar & Mahammudu Yasir for Cyber Fraud In a significant move to tackle cybercrime, Ghanaian security agencies arrested two men, Abdul Latif Abubakar, 22, and Mahammudu …
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Online and TechPhishing Scams
Singara Man, Sam Joseph Wareing Arrested in $300K WA SMS Phishing Scam
Perth, WA – Four men are facing multiple charges in connection with a large-scale SMS phishing scam that has allegedly defrauded unsuspecting Western Australians out of hundreds of thousands of …
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A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier has been arrested for his role in a sophisticated phishing scam that defrauded the National Commercial Bank (NCB) of more than $47 million. The …
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Massive Data Breach Exposes SBI Mutual Fund Investor Information
In a concerning cybersecurity incident, a threat actor known as Alison has claimed responsibility for a significant data breach impacting several financial institutions in India. The breach involves over 1TB …
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STANISLAUS COUNTY, CA – A 35-year-old man from Oakland has been arrested in connection with an elder abuse scam that defrauded an elderly woman of $30,000. Zhongqiang Chen was taken …
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Woman Scammed Out of $9,600 in Sophisticated Bank Fraud Scheme
A Birmingham woman, Christy Taylor, lost almost her entire life savings after falling victim to a sophisticated phone scam. The scammer, posing as a bank official, convinced Taylor to transfer …
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Government Impersonation Scams
Two Arrested in ₹10.61 Crore Impersonation Fraud in Hyderabad
by Ananya MehtaThe Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has successfully apprehended two individuals, Vinay Kumar S. Khadke (23) and Maruthi G.H. (28), for their involvement in a massive impersonation fraud that defrauded …
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Canadian authorities have arrested Alexander “Connor” Moucka, a man suspected of stealing data from hundreds of millions of people by targeting over 165 organizations that were customers of the cloud …
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By Poppy Bilderbeck Evaldas Rimasauskas, a Lithuanian national, orchestrated a remarkable fraud scheme that netted him $122 million from tech giants Facebook and Google. Between 2013 and 2015, he impersonated …