Australian police form crypto unit
Job scams that kidnap people and force them to work in boiler rooms in Cambodia doing romance and other frauds
US indicts three Iranians for ransomware attacks on power companies and other critical infrastructure
Former security head of Twitter testifies that Twitter misled the FTC; had employees who worked for foreign governments, and says half of employees have access to all Twitter data
Review and Recommendation: We’ve been watching The Crown again on Netflix. It is a really well done story of the Queen, her family, and how she endured and stayed stable with aplomb as the world changed around her. I highly recommend it. And the third season should air shortly.
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Fraud Studies. Here are links to the studies I’ve written for the Better Business Bureau: 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, free trial offer frauds, job scams, online shopping fraud, and crypto scams
Fraud News Around the world
- EFCC in Nigeria arrests 40 for internet fraud
- Montana: Woman pleads guilty to money mule scheme; sent funds to Dubai
- Millions of profiles on Linkedin are fakes for scammers; including 1000 Chinese who claim to be engineers at SpaceX
- Kentucky: Jury finds three guilty of Multilevel Marketing pyramid scheme; had over $30 million in revenue
- New York: Nigerian man indicted for $30 million in fraudulent sales of ventilators to New York during Covid
- Four ways to spot Airbnb scams
- Calgary: Man arrested when he appears in person to collect victim money for grandparent fraud
- Delhi, India: Police bust tech support call center; arrest 17
- Philippines seizes counterfeit Lego products; warns about dangers in buying them
- Man arrested for stealing TV’s from Walmart, selling them in parking lot
- Robber busted after posting plans to rob supermarket on Facebook
- FTC forms advisory group on scams affecting older victims; first meeting open and to be held September 29
- FTC returns $415,000 to victims of dodgy car dealer
- Lloyds bank hit with $350 million in scam loans from Covid bounce back loan program
- Boston: Man pleads guilty to ID theft and PPP/EIDL fraud
- Louisiana: Woman indicted for 110 fraudulent PPP loan applications; got over $1.1 million
- Alabama: Man pleads guilty to PPP fraud; got $1.2 million
- Oregon: Former dentist pleads guilty to $11.5 million in fraudulent PPP/EIDL loans
- Virginia: Former state employee gets 70 months prison for fake applications for unemployment benefits and PPP fraud; got $1.8 million
- US made $1.3 billion in PPP/EIDL loans to people with IP addresses in other countries, such as Nigeria, Pakistan, Indias
- Minneapolis: Two Nigerians get 130 months and 80 months prison for BEC and romance fraud; got $2.1 million
- Oregon: Two Nigerians indicted for BEC fraud on colleges and government agencies; one living in Nigeria and one in the UAE; got $6.2 million
- Microsoft says Iran is behind ransomware that encrypts Windows
- Hits town of Bardstown, Kentucky
- Texas hospital facing issues after ransomware attack
- Attack on government of Montenegro
- Florida: Head trader for crypto investment scam pleads guilty; scam took in $100 million
- India arrests two for crypto investment scam that cost victims $12 million
- Hacker steals $185,000 in Ethereum from Bill Murray after charity event
- Senators press Marc Zuckerberg to do more to stop bogus crypto ads on Facebook/Instagram
- Australian police form crypto uni