Results for 'money mule'
Rogue cryptocurrency billboards go phishing for wallets
June 23, 2022 - Billboards and digital real world advertising has raised many questions of privacy and anonymity in recent years. Until now, the primary...
Interpol’s First Light operation smashes crime on a global scale
June 16, 2022 - A large-scale Interpol operation has resulted in arrested and ill-gotten gains seizures galore. Operation First Lighttook place between March and May...
Warning! Instagram Stories hides a scam in plain sight
April 29, 2022 - When someone finds their social media account compromised, they first think about letting their followers know. And they do. They warn...
“URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL!!!” 419 scammer wants your help to move someone’s inheritance
April 27, 2022 - We’ve received several emails over the last couple of days which follow the classic 419 mail scam method. Titled “URGENT BUSINESS...
Investment scams are on the rise
February 4, 2022 - Preying on one of the most basic human flaws, investment scams and other get-rich-quick schemes are making up an ever larger...
Italian mafia cybercrime sting leads to 100+ arrests
September 23, 2021 - The Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) has successfully dismantled an organized crime ring of hundreds of members in a sting operation...
No, Colonel Gaddafi’s daughter isn’t emailing to give you untold riches
September 22, 2021 - It’s not every day you receive a big money offer from someone claiming to sit in political asylum, but here we...
Criminals exploited weak checks and old tech to pull off vast COVID benefit fraud
August 24, 2021 - In life, when you encounter something momentuous—a sudden job loss, a routine check-up that revealed an illness you can’t afford the...
Crypto-scams you should be steering clear of in 2021
August 13, 2021 - A fair few cryptocurrency scams have been doing the rounds across 2021. Most of them are similar if not identical to...
If a QR code leads you to a Bitcoin ATM at a gas station, it’s a scam
August 11, 2021 - Rogue QR code antics have been back in the news recently. They’re not exactly a mainstay of fakery, but they do...
