According to the Communications Fraud Control Association, telcos and consumers have lost over $38 billion to phone fraudsters over the last decade. The most lucrative scam, accounting for $4 - $6 …
Postal Service’s Informed Delivery Feature Could Be Helping Fraudsters
The U.S. Postal Service’s new Informed Delivery program provides scanned copies of customers’ incoming mail, ideally making physical mail received through USPS more convenient. The program has 13 …
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Russian Researcher Says Putin May Have Received 10 Million Fraudulent Votes
"The analysis by Sergei Shpilkin, a physicist by training who is renowned for his studies of Russian elections, suggests President Vladimir Putin may have received more than 10 million falsified votes …
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India police widens probe into $1.8 billion bank fraud
"Indian investigators raided the offices of jewelry retailer Gitanjali on Friday in a widening probe into a $1.77 billion loan fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank (PNBK.NS), the biggest bank scam …
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Feds Take Down Infraud, a $530M Cybercrime Forum That Lasted 7 Years
"WITH THE RISE and fall of dark web black markets like Alphabay and the Silk Road, law enforcement officials have repeatedly warned that even anonymity tools like Tor and cryptocurrencies won't hide …
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Cambodia arrests nearly 400 from China and Taiwan over telecoms fraud
"Cambodian authorities have arrested nearly 400 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals this month on suspicion of operating a telecoms scam to defraud victims in China, police said on Thursday." Source: …
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Court finds defrauding Islamic State is a crime in Germany
"A German court has found a Syrian refugee guilty of attempting to defraud Islamic State, a court spokeswoman said on Monday, granting legal protection to a group viewed as terrorists by the European …
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Trump voter-fraud panel’s data request a gold mine for hackers, experts warn
"Cybersecurity specialists are warning that President Donald Trump’s voter-fraud commission may unintentionally expose voter data to even more hacking and digital manipulation." Source: Trump …
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Cops use pacemaker data to charge man with arson, insurance fraud
"Police set out to disprove Compton’s story about the fire by obtaining a search warrant to collect data from Compton’s pacemaker. WLWT5 reported that the cops wanted to know ‘Compton’s heart rate, …
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Cyber firm says Russian ‘Methbot’ scam is defrauding digital advertisers
" White Ops: Scam from Russia 2 Hours Ago | 03:29 A cybersecurity firm says it has uncovered a massive online scam that employs an army of automated web browsers to siphon millions of dollars of …
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