THOMAS COUNTY, Ga. (WCTV) – An 85-year-old man in Thomas County is out $31,000 after falling victim to an online scam. The sheriff’s office is…
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Category: Online Scams
RCMP issue warning for online investment scheme
(Lethbridge News Now) By Justin Goulet Mar 16, 2022 | 10:29 AM CALGARY, AB – The Alberta RCMP is warning residents of an online Ponzi…
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HMRC warns Self Assessment customers to be aware of scam calls and texts from fraudsters as Self Assessment deadline passes
Self Assessment customers are being warned to be on their guard after more than 570,000 scams were reported to HMRC in the last year. HM…
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Scams increasing for small business owners – Post Bulletin
The number of reported scams has increased worldwide, from 139 million in 2019 to 266 million in 2020. The massive growth is caused mainly due…
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Facebook and WhatsApp join UK anti-scam scheme amid alarming rise in phoney messages – how to stay safe
FACEBOOK, Instagram and WhatsApp have joined a UK initiative to halt fraudsters scamming users out of their cash. Meta, the apps’ parent company, confirmed Tuesday…
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Online investment scam ‘wipes out’ Leitrim/Longford man’s life savings
People are being urged to exercise extreme vigilance to the rising prevalence of online investment scams after a local man saw his entire life savings…
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Conmen builders force brain damaged Gillingham man into paying £1,000 for scam project
Fraudulent builders coerced a brain-damaged man into their van and forced to go to cashpoints to pay £1,000 for a scam roofing project. The victim…
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Woman victim of scam at hands of someone posing online as electric company representative: Beachwood police blotter
BEACHWOOD, Ohio — Theft by deception: Blossom Lane At 2:50 p.m. March 9, a Beachwood woman, 70, reported that she was the victim of an…
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Facebook parent company Meta joins UK anti-scams initiative
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has joined Stop Scams UK, an industry-led group of businesses working together in an effort to…
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Study finds that Highland shoppers at lower risk of being exposed to online scams – but caution is still necessary
All parts of Scotland are vulnerable to onlone scammers, but the biggest cities face the largest risk. Highland shoppers are less likely to be exposed…
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