One payment in particular concerned her: a £1500 transfer that went out every month, like a mortgage payment, just after Baldwin’s pension had cleared. It didn’t fit any of the payments coming in. This, she realised, was Baldwin’s own money. On that first visit, Baldwin calmly told the officers that…
The FBI on Saturday arrested the alleged owner of Deer.io: a Russia-based marketplace for buying and selling credentials for hacked accounts siphoned off of malware-infected computers, victims’ personally identifiable information (PII), as well as financial and corporate data.According to the arrest warrant, the suspect, Kirill Victorovich Firsov, was arrested at…
Vanishing Act: South African Woman Vanishes with Lobola Money After Scamming Her Nigerian Pastor Boyfriend Mzansi is celebrating on social media after it emerged that a South African woman vanished into thin air after she scammed her Nigeria boyfriend of lobola money. The woman, identified as Sindiswa Majola, reportedly disappeared…
Every year, the IRS releases a list of the top 10 cases it had that year. They range from fraud schemes to tax offenses. Last year, Naples resident Mark Anthony Gyetvay made the list. Here’s what we know about his case. Who is Mark Anthony Gyetvay and what did he…
What do you do when people you meet on dating apps start asking you for money? You match on a dating app. You get to know each other. You fall in love. Then the person starts to ask you for money. Since the pandemic, more people have been turning to…
This 2014 article has been updated with a newer article HERE. Needless to say, there are plenty of scams on Facebook. Whether its fake giveaways, like-farming pages, phishing attacks and spammy links, you only need to scroll through your newsfeed for a few moments before you come across something suspicious….
A Twitter user was given life lessons by a WhatsApp scammer. Photo: Twitter/Mahesh KEY HIGHLIGHTS A Twitter user was given some life lessons by a scammer. The scammer encouraged the man to make more money than friends. Internet found conversation hilarious. Recently, the instant messaging app WhatsApp has been widely…
A Canadian citizen reported a romance scam in 2022 in which she met an unknown person on social media, known as Raymond Butler. Western Cape police have arrested a 42-year-old Nigerian swindler for an alleged romance scam. The Nigerian national was handcuffed this week following a multidisciplinary operation by officers…
Despite repeated warnings, public education campaigns, and widespread news coverage, more and more Singaporeans are falling victim to love scams. The Singapore Police Force’s Annual Scams and Cybercrime Brief 2023, released last week, showed that love scams are on the rise, with 913 such cases seen in 2023 compared to…
Genevieve Noakes, Head of Compliance of Wise offers tips to safeguard your heart and wallet FINDING Mr. Right in the 21st century can be a daunting task. Digitalisation and bots have taken over our lives and made almost every aspect of it have a virtual counterpart, and dating is no…
