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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Bill Shorten - Global Scam Alliance issues report that says consumers worldwide have lost $1 trillion on the last year

Bill Shorten: Making myGov unhackable


Who makes fake websites?  Jack Whittaker has long been involved in helping victims of pet frauds, which advertise online and sell pets that don’t exist.  These scams are run from Cameroon and, no surprise, the same scammers advertise lot of other goods that they never deliver. Jack interviewed many people in Cameroon who build the fake web pages these frauds use, and it is fascinating. His thesis, here, also explains why it is not easy to take down these web sites, since they use hosting and domain name services that are at least complicit. 

 



Where are we with scammers using Western Union & Moneygram to get money?  Both companies have been sued the FTC over allowing their services to be used by scammers to get money from victims, often with agents who were either scammers themselves or were complicit. It appears that these enforcement efforts have been largely successful. I’ve not seen a report on losses through either company for several months. Now the frauds often send people in person to pick up the money or have them use Bitcoin ATM’s.
 

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 fraud and crypto scams
 
Fraud News Around the world
Global Scam Alliance issues report that says consumers worldwide have lost $1 trillion on the last year
India arrests nine at call center operating tech support scam that targeted UK and Australian victims
South Carolina: Ten convicted for multi-state identify theft and fraud ring
Study finds 56% of rental ads on Facebook Marketplace are scams
UK gives banks three more days to delay paying when they suspect their customer is a scam victim
US lawyers are getting emails supposedly from court filing systems; phishing and malware in attachments
International students from China being used as money mules
Boston: Man (Vietnamese?) convicted of laundering fraud money through bitcoin; handled more than $1 million
Canada orders TikTok to stop doing business there; cites national security
Spain arrests four in online rental fraud scheme
Hackers are using fake government email addresses to send to tech companies looking for personal information on users
BBB releases new report on fraud issues affecting the military and veterans
Humor FTC and CFPBVirus Benefit Theft Kidnapping and forced to scamBusiness Email compromise fraud Bitcoin and Crypto FraudRansomware and data breachesATM SkimmingJamaica and Lottery FraudRomance Fraud and Sextortion 
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