Category: Online Scams

Manila (AFP) – Dominic Lumabi sits on the computer in his Manila bedroom pitting his puffer fish-like cartoon NFT characters against others. But this is…

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aspiring actor was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Monday for running a massive Ponzi scheme that raised at…

View More Aspiring actor gets 20 years for $650M movie deal scam | Entertainment News

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – “Michelle” as we are calling her wants to protect her identity, but she says the person she was communicate with online…

View More North Texas Woman Loses Thousands Of Dollars To Online Romance Scam – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

When she realized the man asking her for money online wasn’t really in love with her, she got out of the romance scam. CHARLOTTE, N.C.…

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Article content Gatineau police say they’ve gotten a string of complaints from people who’ve been victims of theft after meeting up for deals set up…

View More ONLINE SALES SCAMS: Gatineau police issue warning after victim pepper sprayed

QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — An employee of Quincy’s pension fund wrongly sent $3.5 million in a wire transfer in February 2021 in response to a…

View More Quincy’s pension fund lost $3.5M in an email scam last year | Technology

A mother-of-two who made £20,000 worth of bogus child tax credit claims was caught after posting photographs on Facebook of her family holidays. Joanna Pawlicka…

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Scammers are using photos of a “silver fox” European defence minister to trick women out of tens of thousands of pounds. The Latvian Defence Office…

View More Warning issued after pictures of ‘silver fox’ minister used to dupe women out of thousands

With the rapid rise of cryptocurrencies, scamsters are using every trick in the book to steal them. They take advantage of gullible investors who jump…

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Hong Kong watchdog warns of NFT, metaverse risks as phishing scams increase  South China Morning Post Read more…

View More Hong Kong watchdog warns of NFT, metaverse risks as phishing scams increase – South China Morning Post