Last 2023 Anno Domini Baker Fraud Report

 

Baker Fraud Report  Best wishes for 2024!       India arrests 36 at call center phoning those in the US, pretending to be Bank of America, wanting to increase security measures, and having people buy gift cards Canada: Former employees of PacNet, which processed payments for sweepstakes fraud; may be extradited to the US CNN: An extensive look at crypto romance frauds operated from scam compounds in Myanmar   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,  fake check fraudand crypto scams   Fraud News Around the world Ontario: Man charged in scheme involving India-based tech support fraud Malaysia: Woman arrested for acting as a money mule for online job frauds Florida: Nigerian man arrested at the airport over his role in inheritance scam that mailed letters to the elderly Spain: Two arrested in Tenerife for vacation rental fraud units that didn’t exist Tennessee: Three women get prison for laundering funds on behalf of India-based tech support fraud; handled $4.3 million Humor  Florida woman arrested for clobbering her boyfriend with a Christmas tree Four inflatable Christmas decorations stabbed to death Drunk woman crashes car into Do Not Drink and Drive sign Woman pretended to be Waffle House employee, worked for hours before stealing cash FTC and CFPB FTC sues Grand Canyon University; alleges false claims that it was a not for profit and called people on the Do Not Call list Virus Benefit Theft  Georgia: Jury convicts attorney of PPP fraud; got $7 million Michigan: Woman pleads guilty to state charges of PPP fraud; extradited from Texas Scranton: Man gets two years prison for PPP fraud; got $350,000 Kidnapping and forced to scam China is using civil war in Myanmar to fight scam call centers Account of five from Sri Lanka who escaped call center compound in Myanmar Nine from Thailand escape from scam compound in Cambodia Myanmar deports 40,000 scammers back to China Business Email compromise fraud  North Carolina: Man (Nigerian?) pleads guilty to laundering money for BEC and romance frauds; sent funds to Nigeria Ransomware and data breaches Hits systems of Clay County, in Minnesota Attack on accounting systems of Xeinaden in UK and Ireland Hits several hospitals in Las Vegas Comcast says hackers stole information on 36 million customers Steal data from Mortgage giant Mr. Cooper, got info on 14 million people Bitcoin and cryptocurrency Scammers used fake ads on Google and X to lead victims to sites that looked like real crypto sites and got access to and drained wallets, stole $59 million ATM Skimming Colorado: Man arrested for skimming ATM’s at 7/11 stores Nigeria: Man gets one year prison for ATM skimming India: Six members of gang arrested for ATM skimming Romance Fraud and Sextortion  CFTC gets default judgment against two (Chinese?) for crypto romance fraud; got $1.3 million Minneapolis: Man (Nigerian?) pleads guilty to handling victim funds from romance scams; got $2.2 million Minnesota: Woman who was romance scam victim arrested for embezzling millions from her employer