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Friday, October 04, 2024

Australia recovers $777,000 that had been stolen in BEC fraud

 


Colorado: Two men get ten and four years prison; worked for data brokers who sold information on millions of people to scammers for use in fake prize mailings and supposed psychic scams such as Maria DuVal

Twelve countries take action against Lockbit ransomware gang
  • Four arrests; servers seized
  • French arrest develop; UK arrests two
  • Spain seized 9 servers; arrest administrator of bulletproof hosting service
  • US and UK issue sanctions; UK sanctions 15 Russians
  • US indicts Russian man
 
Scammers are now posting fake QR codes on parking meters; send people to scam websites where their credit card information is stolen; growing problem
 
India busts four rooms at 32 locations doing tech support calls; arrest 26
 
Ivory Coast arrests eight for phishing scam; scams posed as buyers on small business web sites; used QR codes to take people to fake payment sites and snagged credit card information; took in $1.4 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 fraud and crypto scams
 
Fraud News Around the world
Massachusetts: Quincy police arrest two for tech support fraud
India: In effort to fight cybercrime; deactivates 80 apps and shuts down 600,000 phones
Canada: Brampton police arrest man for grandparent fraud; sent courier to get money; second man sought
Social Security IG warns that scammers are now using emails to claim your SSN number has been compromised and that lead to several different scam types, including crypto romance frauds
Police officer stops elderly man from sending $1000 from a bitcoin ATM
UK: Man charged with rental fraud; offered properties on Facebook marketplace  
CFTC warning about scams that claim to help victims get their money back
UK: Which? finds one third of those shopping at sites selling second hand goods have been scammed during the last two years
New York: Man (Chinese?) arrested after he went to victim home to pick up money for apparent romance scam that began with a spam text message 
Rhode Island: Two men, one from Ontario, arrested after they scammed a man claiming his social security number was compromised and he needed to move his money to a “safe” government account; had to pay with gold; arrests when scammers went to his home to collect the gold
Pakistan closes and seals factory that was making counterfeit detergent and soap labeled with major brands
India shuts down 2 million phone lines used by scammers
Canada: Five arrested in Quebec for scam that pretended to be bank security warning people that their money was compromised and needed to be moved to a “safe” account; sent accomplice to victims homes
Canada: Ontario woman gets a year house arrest in Winnipeg for acting as a money mule for grandparent fraud
Arizona: Man gets 2.75 years prison for gift card cloning; put dummy cards into stores
Springfield, MO: Man gets 3 years, seven months prison for stealing mail and using identities to get credit cards
Australia: Facebook and Instagram take down 8000 fake celebrity ads in joint effort with banks
Humor FTC and CFPBVirus Benefit Theft Kidnapping and forced to scamBusiness Email compromise fraud IRS and tax fraudRansomware and data breachesBitcoin and cryptocurrency  Romance Fraud and Sextortion