He was supposed to be serving a 24-year sentence in the “maximum security” prison, not continuing the fraud… and going to parties.
Tag Archives: fraud
Facebook scam steals famous faces and BBC branding
An email scam from earlier this year has resurfaced on Facebook – don’t fall for it!
#FacebookLockout: Users who report fake/scam accounts locked out
Users report bad accounts, got presented with a request to verify ID, couldn’t upload said ID, and got frozen out.
Match knowingly puts people at risk from scammers, FTC charges
Match.com allegedly put users on its free version at risk – by not filtering out communications that it knew were from fake accounts.
Twitter’s new policy bans financial scams
“Oh no! However shall I give away Bitcoin to all my followers?” sobbed a bunch of crooks.
Facebook has booted tens of thousands of data-grabbing apps
400 developers have been naughty with user data, noncompliant with policy, and/or have ignored Facebook’s audit, it says.
Leaky database full of fake Groupon emails turns out to belong to crooks
Crooks made bogus accounts to buy tickets with fake credit cards, resold them to unsuspecting buyers, and left the database-o-fraud wide open.
Scammers deepfake CEO’s voice to talk underling into $243,000 transfer
The voice had the hint of a German accent and the same “melody” that an employee recognized in his boss’s voice.
US charges 80 in world-spanning romance scam and email fraud ring
The $6m scam targeted women worldwide and victimized more than a dozen companies.
North Carolina county falls for BEC scam, to the tune of $1,728,083
The county could only claw back some of the $2,504,601 it paid to a scammer posing as a contractor working on building a new high school.
