fraudsters

A local resident turned to the Sochi police with a report of fraud. According to the applicant, the head of the organization in which he used to work wrote to him in the messenger and said that a criminal case had been opened against one of their employees. The ex-boss asked the interlocutor to...

As a result of operational-search activities, officers of the CID of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Krymsky District detained an accomplice of remote fraudsters. Operatives found out that a 22-year-old resident of Krasnodar convinced an acquaintance, who was not aware of his...

Social networks and marketplaces will be connected to the platform to counter cyber threats. Since the spring of this year, the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia has been discussing the creation of a unified state platform for responding to cyberattacks, which was called TelecomCert. In...

Employees of the Department for Combating the Illegal Use of Information and Communication Technologies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region stopped the activities of accomplices of remote scammers. "As a result of operational search...

In May of this year, a 50-year-old resident of the capital decided to try his hand at virtual business. He registered on a crypto exchange and studied in detail how to make money in this area. In June, the man was attracted by an interesting offer on Instagram. He left a request and waited for...

Criminals controlled the victims computers through remote access programs. As a result of a joint operation of the law enforcement agencies of Romania and Moldova, a large international criminal group specializing in financial fraud on the Internet was uncovered. The criminals deceived more...

In the call center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the city of Zheleznogorsk, the victim turned in late June. She said that she was a victim of scammers who offered to quickly increase wealth with the help of exchange rates. The "curator" gave the woman step-by-step instructions...

A 55-year-old local resident turned to the duty station of the Ordzhonikidzevsky police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Novokuznetsk. She said that unknown persons fraudulently stole a large amount of money from her, some of which was issued on credit. The police...

The courts warn about a new scheme of deception: calls to participants in court proceedings with a request to confirm their attendance at the court session via the received SMS code, the press service of the Mariinsky City Court of the Kemerovo region told RAPSI. "The Mariinsky City Court of...

Cryptocurrency scammers distribute malicious links that allegedly lead to the Zoom video conferencing platform. Scammers have already stolen $300,000 worth of crypto assets. A cybersecurity engineer who uses the pseudonym NFT_Dreww in the social network X has warned subscribers about a new...

Concert giant AXS has filed a lawsuit in California that exposes a legal and technological standoff between ticket speculators and platforms like Ticketmaster and AXS. Speculators have found a way to circumvent the restrictions of "Untransferable" tickets by generating special barcodes on their...

Spanish law enforcement officials have arrested 16 people linked to the use of the Mekotio and Grandoreiro banking Trojans as part of a malicious campaign targeting financial institutions in Europe. The arrests were made in Ribeira (La Coruna), Madrid, Parla and Mostoles (Madrid), Sesegna...

A Dubai-based businessman named Mirza Iliaz Baig lost more than AED1. 8 million in a matter of days after falling victim to serial fraudsters. As it became known, Mr. Baig is the managing director of Iveond Consultancy, IRA Travel and Tourism, and IRA General Trading and Foodstuff, specializing...

The man not only transferred their savings, but also took out loans. On the morning of May 20, 71-year-old Alexey Petrenko allegedly received a call from an employee of Rosinformotonitoring, Sergey Ivanovich Filin. He said that he is the curator of the MPC AP named after him. Pilyugina. At this...

FACCT experts have identified a new sophisticated deception scheme through Ethereum domains. FACCT experts have discovered a new fraudulent scheme targeting crypto exchange employees and crypto enthusiasts using ENS domains (a domain name system running on the Ethereum blockchain). From June...

Catalan police have arrested 39 members of a criminal gang that defrauded more than 700 people of a combined sum of approximately one million euros. According to investigators, the number of victims may even increase due to the fact that many of them did not even know about their inclusion in...

Although there are many scams on the Internet, most of them are not that different from each other. The wrapper may be different, but at the core the same essence and purpose remain the same. In this article we analyze the TOP 3 fraudulent schemes for 2024. New fraudulent scheme via Telegram...

In this article: How the new voice spoofing scheme works What to do to avoid falling for the trick Why else do you need to be on guard? Let's sum it up Artificial intelligence is becoming more insidious. One of the frightening achievements is the ability to reproduce the voice of any person...

The year 2024 has arrived. A year of technology and new fraudulent schemes! The 25th of January It all started on Thursday, when I was unable to log into my Tinkoff Bank personal account. Suspecting something was wrong, I immediately contacted support. The employee checked the information and...

The spread of this scheme was recorded by the F.A.C.C.T. and "League of Stakes" Using the F.A.C.C.T. system Fraud Protection prevented more than 3,000 online fraud attempts in the first quarter of 2024, including through rented and purchased accounts. ⚙️ How the circuit works ➡️ One attacker...