JOHANNESBURG – There’s been a significant rise in digital banking fraud as more South Africans shop online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Banking Risk Information Centre has released its annual crime statistics report showing South Africans lost over half a billion rand in debit card fraud last year. READ: Capitec warns of new scam Digital crime…
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Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon. Photo from Senate SEN. Richard “Dick” Gordon, chairman of the Senate blue ribbon committee, said on Wednesday that his committee’s investigation into the government’s response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis is likely to reach Malacanang.Gordon said “yes” when asked by Cito Beltran of News 5 on whether Malacanang used…
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SINGAPORE: Scammers are preying on people who post their game accounts for sale online, tricking them into paying to “unfreeze” fake e-wallet accounts. The scammers would express interest in purchasing victims’ gaming accounts and direct victims to fake websites to create the e-wallets to receive payment, the police said on Tuesday (Sept 28). Some fake…
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In a crowded field, the months-long “audit” of the presidential votes in Arizona’s largest county may be the dumbest political story of 2021. The extent to which the word audit applies to the zany shenanigans that Arizona has endured this year is a matter of debate. A better term might be a transparent sham, undertaken…
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SINGAPORE: A director of a company was fined S$4,000 for failing to exercise reasonable diligence in the discharge of his duties, after the firm’s bank account received US$1 million from an email scam, said the police on Tuesday (Sep 28). Gurdev Singh, 72, was convicted on Sep 23 of an offence under the Companies Act,…
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Convicted billionaire fraudster Obinwanne Okeke, popularly known as Invictus Obi, has slammed those comparing him with confessed internet scammer Ramon Abbas, aka Hushppupi. In an interview with Latestly, Invictus Obi stated that he has impacted more life and should not be compared to Abbas. According to him, he is not on the same level with…
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News Dangal TV’s upcoming show helmed by Gul Khan’s Four Lions Production is titled Sindoor Ki Keemat with Prateik Chaudhary in the lead role. 27 Sep 2021 10:45 PM Mumbai MUMBAI: TellyChakkar is back with an interesting piece of information from your favorite show on the small screens.We are constantly reporting updates about various television…
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| Published: Monday, September 27, 2021, 22:01 [IST] Pratik Gandhi starrer Bhavai has created a massive amount of buzz since its inception. The teaser, trailer, and dialogues from the movie have created ripple effects of excitement and the anticipation level is transcendent! The movie stars Scam 1992 fame Pratik Gandhi as Raja Ram Joshi and…
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A new hacking group discovered, another COVID text scam found, ransomware advice and more.Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday September 24th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing writer on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.A new threat group has been found whose recent favourite weapon is exploiting holes in unpatched installations of Microsoft Exchange. The discovery was made by…
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Patch for OMIGOD vulnerability, a list of ransomware exploits and prison for AT&T scammer.Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday September 20th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing writer on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. One lesson IT managers have to learn is that threat actors jump on news of the latest vulnerability to launch their attacks. Proof of that…
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