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The call is coming from inside the internet: AI voice scams are on the rise with cloning technology.
AI is quickly becoming one of the most important new tools in history, but the most powerful people on the planet aren't sure what to make of it.
But crooks sure do. In the six months since OpenAI gave ChatGPT to everyone and started an AI arms race that could change the course of h...
According to a survey, one in three UAE internet customers have trouble recognising fraud and scams
According to a survey by the world's largest digital payments company, Visa, and Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism, about one in three online buyers in the United Arab Emirates still find it difficult to recognise fraud and scams.
The majority of respondents to the 2022 ...
The Australian Watchdog has filed a lawsuit against Facebook-Owner Meta for Scam Advertisements
In this illustration photo taken on October 28, 2021, a woman carries a smartphone with the Meta logo in front of a display showing Facebook's new branding logo Meta. AFP/Dado Ruvic/Illustration NEW YORK (Reuters) - On Friday, Australia's competition watchdog sued Facebook owner Meta Plat...
Federal Trade Commission warns the public about the new crypto ATM scam
Highlights:
- The FTC has brought it to the notice of the crypto fans to stay vigilant of a new version of payment scam which involves impersonators and crypto ATMs.
These Scammers call people and pretend to work for the government or law enforce...
Google researchers warn YouTube users against Crypto scammers
Researchers from the Google’s Threat Analysis Group have recently discovered that YouTube is currently filled with phishing and crypto scams.
Highlights
- Google warns YouTube users of scammers misusing their platform
- Crypto scams have b...
Scam involving fake e-wallet websites comes into limelight
Highlights
- The scammers would pose as buyers interested in purchasing the gaming account
- Victims were instructed to make a fund transfer to bank accounts
On Tuesday, a new scam involving fake e-wallet websites has come under l...
INDIA TO APPROACH DOMINICA TO EXTRADITE FUGITIVE MEHUL CHOKSI
Highlights
• The CBI will be focusing on Choksi's involvement in the PNB scam worth Rs 13,000 crore and try to establish his status as a fugitive
• On the other hand, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) will try to establish Choksi's Indian citizenship
...
UK WATCHDOG: FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE LACK EFFECTIVE SCAM REPORTING PROCESSES
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- The United Kingdom consumer watchdog said that, Facebook and Google have been lacking the effective scam reporting processes
- According to the reports, two in five online users does not report these advertisements
Accordin...
UK RESIDENT CHEATS PEOPLE IN BTC SCAM; CAUGHT & PUNISHED
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• The UK resident had a whole set up to con people of BTC
• CFTC’s allegations finally brought him to justice.
The CFTC brought an enforcement action ...
THAI MAN CAPTURED FOR SELLING K POWDERED MILK LEADING TO DEATHS
HIGHLIGHTS
- A man associated with delivering a destructive ketamine-based medication mixed drink has been captured in Phetchabun after he fled a police chase in Bangkok, where numerous clients have passed on in the wake of taking the so-called - k-powdered milk
LORI LOUGHLIN RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER SERVING 2 MONTHS FOR COLLEGE SCAM
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• Actress Lori Loughlin has been released after she spent two months in prison for paying half nearly half a million dollars in bribes to get her two daughters into college
• The federal Bureau of Prisons said the ‘Full House' actor was released ...
FBI STARTS INVESTIGATION INTO $15 MILLION BUSINESS EMAIL SCAM
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• According to the cyber security researchers from Mitiga, this email campaign uses social engineering techniques go impersonate senior executives with the help of Microsoft Office 365 email services
• The ulterior motive of the BEC scam is to target busin...
DELHI HC ASKS NETLIX WHETHER IT CAN PROVIDE PRE-SCREENING OF ‘BAD BOY BILLIONAIRES' TO CHOKSI
Latest Netflix documentary ‘Bad Boy Billionaires' is currently in the centre of controversy as Mehul Choksi has knocked the door of Delhi High court against it. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Netflix whether it can provide pre-screening of ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’ to ...
STEVE BANNON, THE FORMER WHITE HOUSE ADVISER ARRESTED FOR A FRAUD SCAM
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- Steve Bannon, the former White House adviser arrested for a fraud scam.
- He and three others were involved in a fraudulent fundraising scheme called – “We Build The Wall”.
- The group had raised around $25...
PILATUS AIRCRAFT SCAM: ED CONDUCTS MULTIPLE RAIDS ACROSS NATION
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• As per the officials, the ED has raided more than 14 premises that include 12 in Delhi and one each in Gurugram and Surat
• In June 2019, the CBI had filed a criminal case in the Rs 2,895 crore Pilatus deal
• This case involves absco...
AUCKLAND BUSINESSMAN BLACKMAILED BY FRENCH WOMAN
HIGHLIGHTS
- An Auckland-based businessman is being blackmailed by a French woman in her 20s.
- The woman is a part a scam in which she asked the victim to share his nude picture and started blackmailing him when she received one.
An Auc...
TAMPA TEEN BEHIND TWITTER BITCOIN SCAM; CHARGED AS AN ADULT
Highlights:
• The teen master minder the while scam
• His two accomplices have been arrested
The twitter bitcoin scam was masterminded by a 17-year-old hacker Graham Ivan Clark from Tampa Florida.
Th...
PHISHING SCAM CRACKED BY HK POLICE
HIGHLIGHTS
- Hong Kong police caught a phishing gang of the international level present in the neighborhood by capturing five individuals of the pack they state took the individual information of 2 billion individuals around the world.
The con ar...
TWITTER: HACKERS HAD INTERNAL HELP, PASSWORDS OF 45 ACCOUNTS RESET
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- The Bitcoin scam using Twitter handles of high profile individuals and businesses is being investigated by the FBI
- 130 accounts were hacked into
- 8 were unverified accounts.
Twitter’s...
TWITTER: 130 TWITTER ACCOUNTS HACKED, PASSWORDS NOT TAMPERED WITH
Highlights:
- Twitter handles of prominent people and businesses were hacked for a Bitcoin scam on Wednesday
- Twitter commented on the incident stating that passwords for the accounts were compromised
On Thursday several prominent indi...