SINGAPORE – When Malaysian teenager Ah Heng (not his real name) saw a Facebook post in February advertising a job for a customer service position in Cambodia, he was intrigued. The job promised him RM4,000 (S$1,250), which was more than what Ah Heng, 19, earned monthly as a phone shop assistant back home. But it…
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On June 3, 2022, the Washington Post published an article detailing how crypto scams were rising. According to the report, The FTC found out that Americans have lost over $1B since 2021. It also explained that over 46K Americans had been taken in by the scams. The Story and FTC Findings The story covers many…
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AWKA- Anambra’s Gov. Chukwuma Soludo on Sunday apologised over technical hitches that characterised Saturday’s online recruitment test for applicants into the state’s civil service.He said, however, that it was uncharitable for anyone to refer to the online test as “Soludo 419’’ as was being tagged in some quarters.In a statement issued by Mr Christian Aburime,…
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Three people have been arrested for theft of a woman’s pension.They allegedly persuaded her to deposit R2.3 million, promising to double her returns.The three suspects have been released on bail.Three people have been arrested by the Hawks after allegedly scamming a pensioner out of approximately R2.3 million, promising to double her returns.It is alleged that…
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When a California man was scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars of cryptocurrency in a fake romance this year, Erin West was able to track and freeze the money.West, a deputy district attorney who heads the high technology crimes unit in Santa Clara County, said she believes the scammer lives in a country…
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