Isaac Feldman raises a glass of champagne and sneers at the camera. The Russian émigré, a pudgy 49-year-old with pockmarked skin and thinning brown hair, wears a black suit as he hams through a monologue in a conference room shaded by heavy red curtains. “I do eet for the money,”…
15 February 2024 Image source, MARISCAL/EPA Image caption, The man suspected of all four killings originally handed himself in last month after the three siblings’ bodies were found A 42-year-old man facing trial for the murder of three elderly siblings in Spain is now alleged to have killed his cellmate…
Young women were used in a love scam to trick elderly Italian men out of €1 million, say police. The women would be employed as domestic workers in a bid to convince lonely men in Calabria, southern Italy, to part with their money. They would often enter into a physical relationship with…
Editor’s note: Money muling romance scam infographics are available via Hightail. The AFP is warning Australians to look out for signs that their so-called partners only love them for their bank account, after a national anti-money laundering crackdown identified victims of romance scams. Fifteen Australians, who thought they had found…
A family of scammers have been jailed after making £300,000 by conning people into believing the puppies they were buying were much-loved pets when in reality the dogs were being bred and traded like ‘commodities’. The McDonagh clan operated a wide ranging fraudulent scheme which falsely advertised the pups on…
NEW DELHI: As part of a wide ranging global scam, hackers are now targeting dating apps like Tinder, Grindr, Facebook Dating and Bumble to social-engineer victims into installing fake cryptocurrency apps on iPhone and Android. Interpol has also issued a notice to its 194 member countries outlining the specific modus…
MADISON, Wis. — Owners of an Eastern European grocery store in Madison said they’re supporting their Ukrainian and Russian customers. Russian Intermarket is on Madison’s west side, on the ground floor of an apartment building. Ekaterina and Alexey Pronina opened the shop 12 years ago. “We have food from all…
Europe is safe when it comes to violent crime. But it’s a surprisingly creative place when it comes to travel scams. Pickpockets and con artists target Americans — not because these crooks are mean, but because they’re smart. Americans are known as the ones with all the good stuff in…
Apple will be disabling the ability to install home screen web apps from iPhones and iPads in Europe with the release of iOS 17.4. The decision comes as a result of the new Digital Markets Act in the European Union, which requires Apple to allow developers to use alternative browser…
A 72-year-old Dutch woman has been conned out of around €200,000 by a 31-year-old Nigerian man who preyed on the woman’s search for love on the internet, the Algemeen Dagblad reports. Posing as a 41-year-old American chef working in Nigeria, the man, Adio Opeyemi Michael, opened an account on Netlog….
