KUALA LUMPUR: Police have crippled an international fraud syndicate that offered fraudulent online investments to Europeans. A total of 49 suspects were arrested following a crackdown on the syndicate’s Jalan Bukit Bintang office on Feb 6. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said…
16/11/2023 – The director explains the process behind her documentary, her first feature film since 2015, and what it has taught her about love (© Zinebi) A few weeks after the world premiere of Romance Scam [+see also: film reviewinterview: Virginia García del Pinofilm profile] at the Seminci, Virginia García del Pino is…
While on stage in Paris, soloist Jessi directly addressed the concerning mistreatment she has received from her European tour organizer. Jessi on her “Beyond Your Imagination” tour in London | @jessicah_o/Instagram Jessi announced in August that she would visit five European cities in October for her Beyond Your Imagination Europe tour, which…
In a digital world full of deceit, McAfee’s latest breakthrough—Project Mockingbird—is a beacon of hope. Revealed at CES 2024, this cutting-edge AI-driven technology aims to arm consumers against the escalating threat of deepfake scams flooding the online landscape. Deepfake scams, powered by deceptive AI-generated audio, pose a significant risk, from…
The hit Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler,” raised awareness about dating app scams, also called romance scams. Romance scam victims lost $1.3 billion total in the past 5 years, according to the FTC. Scrubbing your personal information from the internet and researching a date can help protect singles from fraud,…
With his dark kohl-rimmed eyes, chiselled cheekbones and wild hair bound by a black headscarf, it’s easy to see why women fall for Ahmed Alfaqeer. The look, which resembles Johnny Depp’s character in Pirates of the Caribbean, is popular among young men in Petra, who tell tourists that the actor copied them. But Mr Alfaqeer’s…
Scamming is on the rise- be it ID theft, romance scams or Authorised Push Payment (APP) scams, where criminals dupe users to transfer money to a fraudster-controlled account. An example of the latter could be a scammer calling an individual pretending to be from a bank’s fraud team warning the…
More than 800-thousand euro was stolen through romance scams last year. 38 people reported money stolen by someone pretending to be a love interest online last year. Gardai say victims regularly meet these scammers through fake profiles on dating apps, with communication often transferred to a separate messaging platform. The…
Wednesday, 14 February 2024 10:26 Stock Image Fraudsters are taking advantage of the increasing popularity of dating apps. Gardaí in the midlands are warning the public to be on the look out for romance scams. More than €7 million has been stolen from the victims of romance-fraud in the past…
NZZ journalists traced the Nigerian Black Axe network to Zurich’s Langstrasse district, where Swiss trafficking organisations say Nigerian women are forced into prostitution. Keystone/ennio Leanza A Nigerian criminal network known as Black Axe is becoming increasingly active in Switzerland, with over 100 members, and is expected to continue to expand, according…
