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There’s a sucker born every minute, but it’s not going to be you this time around because you’re not going to let some scammer try to steal access to your Venmo account. You’re better than that, convincing as said phishing attempts might be.Here’s how this phishing scam works. The attacker somehow gets ahold of your…
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Human beings depend on trusting relationships, and suffer deeply when trust is broken Almost anyone with an email account has heard from a Nigerian prince offering them millions to help them transfer some money. And we’ve all heard stories of people—often friends or loved ones—falling for a phone scammer pretending to be a government agent…
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Lahore banking court grants interim bail to PTI leader Jahangir Tareen and his son.FIA Lahore had registered fraud and money laundering cases against father-son duo earlier this week.Jahangir Tareen says the cases against them have nothing to do with the increase in sugar prices in Pakistan.LAHORE: A banking court granted interim bail to PTI leader…
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Police said on Friday that it had dissolved a scam syndicate that had allegedly cheated banks out of HK$85 million in credit card fraud. Officers arrested 24 people, aged 23 to 67 – including the mastermind and core members of the group – on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering. Police said the…
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Although some of those affected bought it legitimately Overfall, a strategy role-playing game released in 2016, has been revoked from some player’s Steam libraries due to the developer, they allege, being “scammed” by an unnamed publisher. The issue is that some of those keys ended being sold to players on Fanatical, a legitimate Steam key…
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Router maker admits extortion attempt, a phone scam and another COVID con.Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday April 2nd. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.Network equipment maker Ubiquiti has responded to a news report that the cyber attack it suffered in January was more serious than initially described. An unidentified source…
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As non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are becoming a global phenomenon increasingly due to their mainstream adoption, there are also concerns about the surge of related scams. A recent study revealed the most common NFT scams that are spreading on the net. Suspicious Domain Registrations With ‘NFT’ Word Surged 250% in March 2021 According to the research…
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Irish police are on high alert due to the rising number of cases related to a bitcoin-related scam targeting high-net-worth people in the country. The situation has become worrisome because suspicious high-value transactions have already been noticed by authorities. Authorities Already Searched One Property Tied to One of the Suspects According to The Irish Times,…
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Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has asked a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory to reject evidence brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be tendered as exhibits against him in his prosecution over alleged N544m contract scam. He told the court that the forensic laboratory…
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