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Microsoft is warning of a scam involving online payroll systems. Criminals use social engineering to steal people’s credentials, and then divert direct deposits into accounts that they control. Sometimes they do other things to make it harder for…
Caller ID spoofing has become one of Europe’s most persistent enablers of cyber fraud. A new position paper from Europol warns that manipulated phone identities now drive much of the continent’s financial and social engineering crime, making it difficu…
Families that combine open communication with effective behavioral and technical safeguards can cut the risk dramatically
Good Wall Street Journal article on criminal gangs that scam people out of their credit card information:
Your highway toll payment is now past due, one text warns. You have U.S. Postal Service fees to pay, another threatens. You owe the New York City Department of Finance for unpaid traffic violations.
The texts are ploys to get unsuspecting victims to fork over their credit-card details. The gangs behind the scams take advantage of this information to buy iPhones, gift cards, clothing and cosmetics.
Criminal organizations operating out of China, which investigators blame for the toll and postage messages, have used them to make more than $1 billion over the last three years, according to the Department of Homeland Security…
Myanmar’s military moved in to tackle a major online scam operation near the Thailand border, state media reportedMyanmar’s military has raided a major online scam operation near the border with Thailand, detaining more than 2,000 people and seizing do…
Fake reviews, forged certificates and stolen corporate identities being used to lure victims, KwikChex findsSuspected scam investment companies are exploiting Trustpilot’s review system by giving themselves five-star ratings to persuade would-be invest…
FCA cites study showing victims’ ‘red flags’ are often missed and calls for improved monitoring systemsThe City regulator has called on banks and payment firms to bring in stricter controls protecting customers from romance fraud after a study showed a…
CNN has a great piece about how cryptocurrency ATMs are used to scam people out of their money. The fees are usurious, and they’re a common place for scammers to send victims to buy cryptocurrency for them. The companies behind the ATMs, at best,…
People trafficking among allegations against six people who face measures including property freezes and travel bansThe US and UK have seized $15bn (£11.3bn) in bitcoin and frozen London properties owned by the alleged leaders of scam centres in Cambod…
Robert Dewar’s widow, Susan, is a leading campaigner over multimillion-pound Norton Motorcycles fraudThe family of a deceased man, who was conned out of his retirement savings after investing in the Norton Motorcycles pension scam, is to lose almost ha…