Category: Online Scams

NEWAYGO COUNTY, Mich. — The Newaygo County Sheriff’s Office is giving residents a heads-up of a possible scam circulating throughout the county. Deputies say the…

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The Malta Police Force have issued a scam warning after several people were robbed through fraudulent SMS. On Wednesday, the police received susbstantial reports on…

View More Victims defrauded €10,000 in past hours through SMS

A call from a number you don’t recognize, a text message asking you to click a strange link, an email asking you to update your…

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SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A man was arrested over a hotel room booking scam and will be charged in court on Thursday (Dec…

View More Singapore man arrested over hotel room booking scam

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 29): Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has urged the public to not respond to a fraudulent survey which uses the company’s name, offering…

View More Petronas warns public of online survey scam using its name

“If it’s not an actual printed ticket then don’t pay for it it’s not a ticket from Rio.” With the ball just over a week…

View More Krewe of Rio warns about online ticket scam

GASTONIA, N.C. — “I was getting lonely. I had started feeling lonely,” LeShea Carrier said. “Just the loneliness of the season and everything that’s going…

View More Gastonia woman says she fell for puppy scam, lost around $6,500 – WSOC TV

MARCO ISLAND The Marco Island Police Department is investigating two separate reports of vacation property rental scams. Two completely different reports, but a lot…

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SINGAPORE – A man has been arrested over a scam on Carousell in which a buyer purportedly paid for a television monitor that never arrived.…

View More Man arrested over scam involving ‘sale’ of TV monitor on Carousell

From annoying fake delivery texts, to hackers forcing Instagram users to film hostage-style videos of themselves promoting get-rich-quick schemes, 2021 was the year scamming blew…

View More The Unstoppable Rise of the Internet Scammer