China arrests 80 selling counterfeit vaccines; seizes shots; worked with Interpol

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Baker Fraud Report Top Stories China arrests 80 selling counterfeit vaccines; seizes shots; worked with Interpol   From last week but with a bad link, so repeating FBI warns that scammers are now finding missing persons reports on line and calling families claiming falsely that the lost person was kidnapped and demanding ransom     Crooks are stealing business checks from mailboxes, altering them, and using banking apps to deposit them and then withdraw funds quickly; hope business will not notice bogus payments   California man gets over ten years prison for phone scam operating in Peru that scammed US Spanish speakers; claimed victims had failed to pay for products   Should cryptocurrency simply be banned so we can eliminate ransomware?   Reviews and Recommendations:  Some of the best fiction books I’ve read in years are the Patrick O’Brian Aubrey/Maturin novels, involving the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars. Several books were combined for the movie Master and Commander. I highly recommend any of them. Studies I’ve done for BBB can all be found here. Here are links to some of the study topics: puppy fraud, tech support fraud, romance fraud money mules, apartment rental, crooked movers, government imposters, online vehicle sale scams, rental fraud and gift cards. Coronavirus UK sentences man to four years prison for texts offering vaccines but aimed to get personal information      Thailand sentences Nigerian football player to death for smuggling 10KG of meth into the country How internet affiliate advertisers can avoid a suit by the FTC EFCC in Nigeria arrests club owner and 14 others for internet fraud Australia sees a massive spike in scam text messages trying to get personal information from recipients FINRA releases steps to prevent account takeover fraud 23 states ask the FTC to regulate “free trial offers” WSJ essay on scammers from sea to shining sea Humor UK drug dealer busted after his fingerprints captured from block of cheese he was holding UK man tries to sell live German bomb from WWII on eBay Canadian soldier charged after providing pot-laced cupcakes to artillery unit during live fire exercise Prison for man who fired gun claiming he was shooting at zombies and droids Florida man arrested for speeding says he was driving back to Cuba FTC and CFPB   CFPB settles with California company over late charges on rental car damage waivers FTC and seven states sue Frontier over deceptive claims about internet speed Virus Benefit Theft Utah polygamous group charged with PPP fraud Texas wedding planner pleads guilty to PPP fraud; bought two Tesla’s, paid off mortgage; took in $3 million New Jersey: Two charged with PPP and EIDL fraud; sought $1.4 million Virginia: Man gets two years prison for PPP fraud New York busts scammers that used ID theft to steal unemployment benefits after they posted photos of piles of cash on social media Kansas man charged with PPP fraud DOJ says a quarter of PPP fraudsters were in Florida Nigeria suspends governor’s aide after his arrest in the US for theft of Washington State unemployment benefits DOJ has charged 120 defendants with PPP fraud to date Nigerian cyber criminals targeting Texas unemployment benefits New York man pleads guilty to PPP fraud; sought $5.6 million California operators of Queen Mary charged with $2.4 million PPP loan fraud Business Email compromise fraud (read BBB study) Ireland arrests money mule for BEC scams who had been on the run Social Media Massive breach of information about Air India passengers Ransomware Hits Sierra college in California Colonial pipeline admits it paid $4.4 million ransom FBI’s IC3 releases best practices for avoiding ransomware disruptions CNA insurance pays $40 million ransom Russian man to be deported from the US after effort to hack Tesla for ransomware attack Hits Bose Corporation, which refuses to pay Data Breaches Geico insurance fears recent data breach of its systems has led to fake unemployment benefit applications Japanese dating site hack loses information on 1.7 million people   Iranian hackers impersonate ransomware attack to steal data from Israeli companies IRS and tax frauds Brooklyn: Five years prison for Russian man over stolen identity tax refund scam; sought $1.5 million Romance Fraud and Sextortion (read BBB romance fraud study) Virginia: Maryland man pleads guilty to romance fraud; met women on dating sites Thailand busts romance fraud gang; arrest six, including Nigerian who headed the operation