Tag: Scammers

Business

Scammers exploit Microsoft email system in phishing campaign

Scammers are exploiting a loophole in Microsoft’s email infrastructure to send spam messages that appear to originate from the company’s official account notification system, raising concerns about potential phishing risks for users. The abuse appears to involve Microsoft’s internal email address, typically used for legitimate account alerts such as two-factor authentication codes and security notifications. […]

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31 suspected scammers, romance fraudsters arrested in UK-Nigeria raids

Dozens of suspected scammers and romance fraudsters have been arrested after specialist financial investigators uncovered organised networks of criminals operating across the United Kingdom and Nigeria. In just one of a series of raids this month, police detained a man suspected of selling personal banking information online and enabling fraud through money laundering. Two Rolex […]

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I lost millions to Tinder scammer promising marriage – Lagos entrepreneur

A Lagos-based entrepreneur and corporate worker, Bukola Yunisa, has opened up about how she was emotionally devastated and financially ruined after falling victim to a romance scam on Tinder. According to an interview with The PUNCH, Bukola narrated that the man, who posed as a loving widower and property developer ready for marriage, allegedly defrauded […]

Facebook to delete live videos after 30 days, introduces download options
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Singapore gives Meta deadline to tackle Facebook scammers

The Singapore government has given Meta, the parent company of Facebook, until September 30 to clamp down on scammers pretending to be government officials on its platform. The Ministry of Home Affairs said the police issued a directive to Meta “to put in place measures to target scam advertisements, accounts, profiles, and/or business pages impersonating […]

Crypto

Nigerian scammers impersonate Trump-Vance inaugural committee, steal $250K in crypto

Nigerian scammers posing as the Inaugural Committee for United States President, Donald Trump, and Vice President JD Vance election allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency. According to the civil complaint filed by federal prosecutors on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the perpetrators used fake email addresses designed to mimic […]