Singapore has launched a rating scheme that assesses e-commerce marketplaces based on their anti-scam measures. Its technical guidelines for online transactions also have been updated to offer more details on safeguarding against scams.The E-commerce Marketplace Transaction Safety Ratings (TSR) aimed to evaluate the extent to which these platforms had implemented anti-scam measures that ensured, amongst…
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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyIn the summer of 2018, a 54-year-old woman living in a Houston suburb—a woman I’ll call Denise—decided to expand her social media horizons.“I’m not a social media butterfly,” she tells me. “I’m typically lurking on Facebook to see what my daughters are getting up to, but 2018 was…
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People Logan Paul allegedly hyped and dumped crypto projects like DinkDoink, EthereumMax and others. 2 min readUpdated: May 15, 2022 at 6:07 pm Cover art/illustration via CryptoSlateOn-chain sleuth, Zachxbt, has struck again with a thread on Logan Paul and his alleged litany of shady dealings within the crypto space. In the thread, the pseudonymous detective revealed…
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The police on Saturday said they have arrested 22 people related to a scam syndicate that pretended to offer low-interest loans. At an online press briefing, the force said the syndicate is suspected of swindling seven victims out of a total of HK$1.9 million. It said investigations showed that syndicate members would cold call people…
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Hansal Mehta and I have known each other for a few years now, but we had never met. For this interview, I found myself at his place, which was eclectically decorated, with loads of cookbooks stacked up in the living room. Did you know Mehta is the creator of Khana Khazana, the longest-running cookery show…
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