here showed.Those cases have cost victims a total of $97.5 million to date, according to the FTC.Even relatively small states saw huge spikes in COVID-related fraud in recent months, led by Maine, whose monthly complaints of coronavirus scams and identity theft quadrupled between March and July, the study said.The report was published by the internet-based…
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‘CAMPA Fund Scam’: 3 Member-Enquiry Committee To ProbeFileBhubaneswar: An enquiry committee consisting 3 ACFs has been constituted on Tuesday to look into the alleged financial irregularities under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) fund in Balugaon Range of Khordha Forest Division, informed Odisha Regional Chief Conservator of Forests.The incumbent DFO of Khordha, who…
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Recap: Several high-profile Twitter accounts, including Barrack Obama, Bill Gates, Joe Biden, Apple, and others, were hacked to facilitate a Bitcoin scam. The fake tweets claimed that donations deposited into a Bitcoin account would be matched dollar-for-dollar and would go to charities supporting Covid-19 efforts. Last month, 17-year-old Graham Ivan Clark was arrested in connection…
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Even during the Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown, there’s no stopping fraudulent teams as there have been several scams with cheating of people posing as celebrities happening in several places of the country.Recently, actor Sarathkumar had found a person who was cheating people by speaking in his voice and trying to loot money, and now…
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When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.Invalid EmailA number of Bank of Ireland customers have complained about…
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CALGARY — A consumer agency says fraudsters are taking advantage of Canadians by pretending to be government officials and they’re using the COVID-19 pandemic as leverage. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) conducted an investigative study that found while scammers are leaning away from the typical Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) ploys, they’re targeting other government offices…
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DANIEL CONSTANTE/ShutterstockRecently, Twitter suffered a giant hack that led to high-profile verified accounts tweeting out bitcoin scams. Hackers managed to infiltrate Twitter’s systems and use the company’s internal tools to commandeer Twitter accounts for Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Apple, and more. Now in a new update, Twitter says a phone spear phishing campaign led to…
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Twitter provided an update about the unprecedented July 15th attack that allowed hackers to tweet from some of the most high-profile accounts on the service, in a blog post and a series of tweets published Thursday evening. Twitter now says that a few employees were targeted in a phone spear phishing attack. While Twitter doesn’t…
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Kanye West made the Forbes “Celebrity 100” list of highest-paid celebrities. His sister-in-law, Kylie Jenner, also made the list. They’re at #2 and #1, respectively — and we as a society need to stop paying them. Kanye West is rich. Specifically, he’s the second-highest-paid celebrity in the world. Kim Kardashian’s husband made the list —…
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Adam Carolla has, shall we say, controversial takes on things. But he stooped to a new low with his COVID-19 tweet. People have been calling him out — including other celebrities. 1990s babies remember a time when Adam Carolla was that funny guy on “Loveline” on MTV with Dr. Drew. If we’d have known then what we…
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