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Man posing as Hollywood superstar scams woman out of a ‘fortune’
She must have been star-struck, she said, after the fraudster hid behind the Fast & Furious star’s photo and reached out from a fan page.
Why it’s not a good idea to leave your fiancée for someone you met online
Good job that the jilted fiancée was on the ball. Rebecca Lewis managed to save Paul Rusher £2,000 AND their relationship.
Police break up romance scam gang that fleeced women of $1.5 million
York Regional Police in Canada this week announced the arrest of nine men who allegedly targeted women on dating websites, and conned seven victims out of a total of $1.5 million. The romance scammer’s outward demonstrations of love must conceal a dark heart …
Four online romance scammers jailed – don’t get sucked in to Advance Fee Fraud!
Advance Fee Fraud, or AFF, is an age-old scam that goes back at least to the 16th century. Here are some resources you can use to help vulnerable friends and family keep out of the clutches of online romance scammers…
SSCC 152 – PF Chang’s, TrueCrypt (still!), the Twitter worm and the cost of scammers [PODCAST]
Sophos security experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin turn their attention on the week’s security news. As usual, they extract plenty of useful lessons during their insightful dissection of the latest issues…
SCAMwatch – 5 tips to keep your friends and family out of scammers’ clutches
It’s National Consumer Fraud Week in Australia, so the government’s SCAMwatch team has published 5 straight-talking anti-scammer tips. With Aussies alone taken for more than $90M last year, this is a battle we need to keep on fighting all around the globe…