LYON, France – INTERPOL has issued a Purple Notice to its 194 member countries outlining a specific modus operandi on dating applications. The threat involves taking advantage of people’s vulnerabilities as they look for potential matches, and luring them into a sophisticated fraud scheme. In the initial stages, an artificial…
Banco Santander is to stop bank transfers for Facebook Marketplace payments in cases where a customer has not seen the item in person. The move comes as Santander customers have lost nearly £6.5 million so far this year to Facebook Marketplace scams, an increase of almost 50% over the…
Between last June and January this year, she was coaxed into transferring HK$24.5 million into designated bank accounts in 65 transactions, he said. The Post learned that her investment account showed positive returns and the balance once reached nearly double what she had invested. According to the force, the woman…
Tl;dr Coinbase has seen a concerning increase in fraudulent cryptocurrency investment platforms that are sourcing victims through connections on dating apps and social media. We are encouraging our users to be vigilant against this type of social engineering scam. The Coinbase Security team has previously submitted the domains in this…
