It turned out to be an investment scam. Scammers dupe Hongkongers out of HK$31.5 million in low-interest loan cons “I was so stupid to trust her and invest all my family savings,” businessman Albert Berton (not his real name), 53, told the Post. He had never met the woman. Police…
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…
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…
A woman has warned others after her mother was targeted by a sophisticated scammer posing as her daughter. The mum was contacted by the fraudster via a WhatsApp text which claimed to be from her daughter. She was urged to delete her daughter’s original number and only contact her using…
BOSTON (CBS) – Cindy Tsai says it started with a seemingly innocent message. A man who called himself Jimmy texted her on WhatsApp. “Are you Linda from the pet store?” Cindy said. “And I messaged back and said wrong number.” That text quickly escalated into the two sharing personal information…
With a rise in swindlers online, the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) is warning people against falling for people they meet online. They’re encouraging social media users to be more discerning of those they share personal information with. Here are some tips the TTPS posted to their online pages: …
Protect your heart and your bank account by heeding the warnings from the Financial and Cyber Crime Group and be on the lookout for romance scams. According to ScamWatch data, romance scams cost Queenslanders an estimated $4.9 million last year. Romance scams are one of the most popular forms of…
MANILA – Hundreds of people forced to work in an online scam centre in the Philippines were rescued in a raid on March 14 that also saw eight suspects arrested, according to police. Acting on a tip-off from a Vietnamese man who claimed to have escaped from the sprawling compound…
WhatsApp scams and text scams can deceive users into giving away personal information and trick them into paying money for fake services or products. According to Robokiller, there were 19.2 billion spam texts sent in January 2024 alone. This equates to nearly 19 spam texts for every person in the…
Police have issued a warning over the ‘mum and dad’ WhatsApp scam. (PA) WhatsApp users have been warned about a “mum and dad scam” which has seen one woman conned out of £16,000. Scammers have been posing as family members to convince their victims to transfer funds, before disappearing without…
