Nigerian Artist Chinedu Opute Indicted in $500K Email Scam Targeting Ohio City PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio — A Nigerian national living in Georgia has been federally indicted after allegedly defrauding the …
cybersecurity
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GREENBELT, Md. – Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, 40, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a scheme that defrauded U.S. companies and enabled foreign …
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In a cybercrime case that could easily be the plot of a Bollywood thriller, fraudsters “digitally arrested” a 71-year-old woman from Matunga, staged a fake online court trial, and extorted …
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Government Impersonation ScamsPersonal
Suffolk Woman Warns of Scam Threatening Arrest and Deportation
SUFFOLK, NY — A Suffolk woman is warning others after scammers posing as Border Patrol agents threatened her with arrest and deportation during a phone call last Thursday. The woman, …
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BANGKOK — A Singaporean man, Chia, was arrested by Thai police on Wednesday after a joint operation with Singaporean authorities. Chia, 39, is suspected of conducting cyber attacks on more …
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Bank scam
Hyderabad Police Arrest 3 Bank Officials for Aiding Cyber Fraudsters with Mule Accounts
by Ananya MehtaIn a significant crackdown on cyber fraud, the Hyderabad police have arrested three senior bank officials for allegedly helping cyber criminals open mule accounts. These accounts, which are used for …
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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 …