Scammer Posing as ‘Brad Pitt’ Defrauds Two Women in Spain of More Than $360,000
ScamRipper Spanish police have arrested five individuals accused of scamming two women out of €325,000 (US$361,261) by impersonating Hollywood…
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Tech Support Scam Tricks Elderly Woman Into Losing Over $27,000 With Fake Criminal Charges Threat
An 88-year-old woman from Manatee County lost over $27,000 in an “elaborate tech support scam,” according to the…
Jan Hoops Loses $24,000 in Gift Card Scam
Vista resident Jan Hoops recently fell victim to a gift card scam that started with a pop-up alert…
Akron Police Warn of Evolving ‘Brushing’ Scam
Akron Police are warning residents about a dangerous new twist on an old scam that could put your…
AI Voice-Cloning Scams Threaten Millions: UK Bank Issues Fraud Warning
A UK bank has warned that “millions” of people could be at risk of falling victim to scams…
New Email Scam Exploits Public Home Images To Extort Bitcoin From Victims
A new scam is targeting email inboxes across the country, using publicly available images of people’s homes in…
Crypto scams swindled $5.6 billion from Americans last year, primarily targeting older individuals
In its first-ever Cryptocurrency Fraud Report, the FBI revealed that individuals aged 60 and older filed over 16,000…
Former CipherTrace VP Catherine Woneis Nearly Loses $100,000 in Account Takeover Scam
Catherine Woneis, the former Vice President of CipherTrace, a MasterCard-owned service that secures crypto transactions, narrowly avoided losing…
Phone Scam Drains $11,000 from Wanda Touard in St. Tammany Parish
For six agonizing hours, 74-year-old Wanda Touard was held emotionally captive by scammers, most likely located on the…
Concord Man Loses Life Savings in Elaborate Scam, Faces $30,000 in Tax Liabilities
A Concord man, once a professional in the security field, found himself the victim of a sophisticated scam…