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Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Seattle: Nigerian man caught traveling from Nigeria to Canada, nabbed in Germany, pleads guilty to using ID theft to get unemployment benefits in the US; got over $1 million

 Montana: Man gets 31 months prison for handling victim money from India-based scam that told people they needed to move their money to a “safe account;” must pay $1.2 million


Europol releases report on online fraud trends (does not contain any data on scope of fraud there)


Cyber Attack in Iran hit gas supply;  shuts down 70% of the countries gas stations
 
Canada: British Columbia forfeits $10 million from PacNet, which processed payments for sweepstakes fraud claiming victims had won money and had to return small sums to claim
 
Canada: York Regional police arrest six (Chinese?) for handling gift card payments after tech support frauds; all Home Depot cards; had $3 million
 
New Jersey: Man gets five years prison for laundering fraud money for Black Axe gang in South Africa; handled $525,000
 
Two men from Toronto arrested for altering gift cards in stores
 
Los Angeles: Four men indicted for crypto romance frauds; got $80 million
 
Fraud Studies: Here are links to the studies I’ve written for the Better Business Bureau: puppy fraudromance fraud; BEC fraudsweepstakes/lottery fraud,  tech support fraudromance fraud money mulescrooked movers, government impostersonline vehicle sale scamsrental fraud, gift cards,  free trial offer frauds,  job scams,  online shopping fraud,  fake check fraudand crypto scams
 
Fraud News Around the worldHumor FTC and CFPBArtificial Intelligence and deep fake fraudVirus Benefit Theft Ransomware and data breachesBitcoin and cryptocurrencyATM SkimmingJamaica and Lottery FraudRomance Fraud and Sextortion