Review and recommendation: Another Western, this one new, is Old Henry. It stars Tim Blake Nelson, who you may remember from Oh Brother Where Art Thou. It is fully in the tradition of the great old westerns, and has no politics
BBB Studies. Here are links to the study topics: puppy fraud, romance fraud; BEC fraud, sweepstakes/lottery fraud, tech support fraud, romance fraud money mules, crooked movers, government imposters, online vehicle sale scams, rental fraud, gift cards and job scams.
Fraud News Around the world
- DOJ files suit to collect FCC fine of $9.9 million over illegal robocalls; apparently not asking for money but instead spreading conspiracy theories
- Tampa woman gets three years prison for identity theft; created credit cards
- Neuroscientists investigate role of the brain in persuasion
- Hong Kong police arrest three for selling goods on the internet and not delivering them
- DEA says fake prescription drugs increased 430% since 2019
- New Zealand fines debt collectors for taking funds from victims of phone directory listing scam
- Indonesia busts training center for callers impersonating police
- Montreal police arrest two in apparent text message phishing scam that made at least $170,000
- UK phone companies announce plans to block scam calls with UK caller ID from outside the UK
- FCC considers blocking spam text messages
- UK sets up dial 159 for consumers to call about scams; goes directly to the bank
- DOJ announces joint worldwide effort to deal with Opioids sold on the dark net; 150 arrested worldwide
- Texas: Nigerian man pleads guilty to elder fraud in opening bank accounts to launder victim money
- Philippines arrests Israeli man convicted in Austria as mastermind of bitcoin investment scam
- Indonesia arrests three, one a Nigerian, for black money scam
- Scammers are using fake job ads to steal identities
- Woman arrested for hitting mother in head with two thrown tacos
- Seattle busts lucrative Lego trafficking scheme
- Woman sues GEICO over STD she got having sex in car
- FTC settlement with funder of Online Training Academy agrees to forgive debt owed by victims
- CFPB and DOJ settle with Trustmark bank; alleges redlining; to pay $3.85 million for loan subsidy program
- FTC puts 1100 businesses on notice about unsupported earnings claims; agency can then seek civil penalties(fines) over such claims if false
- Miami: Former NFL player pleads guilty to stealing identities to apply for and receive unemployment benefits
- Pennsylvania couple plead guilty to money laundering and PPP fraud
- Louisiana woman indicted for PPP fraud and engaging in ID theft to apply for unemployment benefits
- California man who worked with inmate on unemployment fraud pleads guilty
- Nevada: illegal alien that used ID theft to get $1 million in unemployment benefits and pleads guilty
- State of Washington recovers $500,000 in stolen unemployment benefits from New Jersey bank (of $650M in fraud)
- Georgia man spent most of the money from PPP fraud on a Pokémon card
- Manhattan: Man pleads guilty to $6.9 PPP fraud
- Unemployment fraud in California reaches $20 billion
- UK spy agency says ransomware attacks have doubled since last year
- Hits Wisconsin school district
- Data security researchers exploit flaw in ransomware code and get decrypt key, freeing victims from paying ransom
- 35 Nigerians arrested in Texas for romance fraud; $117 million involved
- How romance scammers now get victims to download bitcoin apps for investments; may pay some profits; crooks can get access to the apps and just steal victim money
- Massachusetts: Nigerian indicted for romance fraud; handled victim money in the U.S.
- Nigeria:Man pleads guilty to running romance scam; pretended to be homosexual to con victims
- Ghana arrests man for romance fraud