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FTC releases 2021 fraud data
BBB Studies. Here are links to the study topics of my studies: 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, job scams, and online shopping fraud.
Virus Scams
- Reported losses to fraud were $5.8 billion; 70% increase over record year 2020
- Top losses were to imposter scams such as romance scams and Social Security impersonators
- Second was online shopping
- Investment, lottery, and job scams all increase substantially
- Those 20-29 lost more money than those over 80
BBB Studies. Here are links to the study topics of my studies: 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, job scams, and online shopping fraud.
Virus Scams
- Houston man gets 54 months prison for “selling” Australia $317 worth of masks he did not have
- New York: Marine reservist and nurse charged with selling hundreds of fake vaccination cards
- Thousands in the UK are getting emails pretending to be from Amazon seeking their account details
- Philadelphia: Two arrested in case against Florida based crooked movers; got $12 million
- Diet app Noom settles class action over autorenewal practices; to pay $56 million
- Last year spam text messages exceeded spam calls
- US says China remains world’s top source of counterfeit goods
- Ghana arrests 12 Nigerians for cyber fraud
- Courthouse bomb scare turns out to be surprise Taco Bell delivery
- BYU student brewing rocket fuel in his dorm room causes massive fireball explosion
- FTC announces new rulemaking to challenge bogus earning claims made by Multilevel marketing operations, for profit colleges
- FTC sending refund checks totaling $580,000 to those who bought indoor antennas as result of deceptive claims
- FTC is sending $930,000 to victims who bought deceptively marketed tea
- Florida: Woman arrested for using PPP loan to hire a hit man and kill a man
- Indiana AG recovers $3.3 million taken in unemployment fraud
- Denver: Woman charged with $800,000 PPP fraud
- Brooklyn: 11 members of gang arrested for unemployment fraud; got $4.3 million
- West Virginia: Three get prison for PPP and EIDL fraud; got $2.7 million
- Oregon: Man who fled and was rearrested gets 61 months prison for PPP and EIDL fraud
- Hack of International Red Cross loses information on 500,000
- Hacker posts names of Freedom Convoy contributors
- DOJ announces first head of cryptocurrency enforcement unit
- US Financial Stability Board issues report on crypto risks
- WSJ: Is crypto the multilevel marketing scheme of a new generation?
- India arrests 11 for crypto investment scam that made $5.4 million
- Jamaica: Lottery task force arrests woman, seize $1 million
- Ohio: Jamaican charged with lottery fraud conspiracy that cost victims $250,000
- Jamaica arrests police constable for lottery fraud; separate from arrest of another constable in the US