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By AFP
New York -
Bernie Madoff, mastermind of the largest financial scam in history that unraveled during the 2008 economic crisis, died in jail on Wednesday, US prison officials said. He was 82.
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As with any social media buzz there has been interest around Clubhouse, partly due to its exclusivity and invite-only model. However, fraudsters are now using this invitation only method as the bait.
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By AFP
Tunis -
On social media he burned 500-euro notes and flaunted "his Bentley". In real life, Swagg Man is accused of having ripped off young fans to the tune of $1.8 million.
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The coronavirus crisis has provided an opening for fraudsters, in terms of sending fake emails on the subject of vaccines, such as competitions and prizes in return for questionnaires designed to steal data.
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The biggest placebo-controlled trial of psychedelic medications yet run indicates that the reported psychological benefits of microdosing are in fact explainable by the placebo effect.
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The latest cybersecurity alert is one that is preying upon people's fears around the coronavirus pandemic. This is in the form of a phishing campaign connected to the various COVID-19 vaccines.
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Many governments have placed restrictions on travel, requiring people wishing to enter another country to provide evidence of a negative coronavirus test. This had led to an illicit market in fake COVID-19 test kits.
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US federal agencies have warned about scammers exploiting the public's interest in the COVID-19 vaccine to harvest personal information and steal money through multiple ongoing and emerging fraud schemes. This is often coupled with financial scams.
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By AFP
Ottawa -
Demand for puppies in Canada has soared during the pandemic, and scammers are taking advantage -- swindling hundreds of people looking for a pet to ease their loneliness during lockdown.
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A recent report by Forrester and Pindrop examines COVID-19’s impact on the call center fraud. Social engineering – the tactic fraudsters used to gain access to GoDaddy domains –shows how fraudsters gain access to sensitive data and financial data.
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By AFP
Frankfurt Am Main -
Markus Braun, the former chief executive of disgraced payments giant Wirecard, will on Thursday face a public grilling by German lawmakers over the massive accounting fraud that brought down his firm.
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The European Union has indicated it will be pursuing anti-trust charges against Amazon over the use of digital data. The e-commerce giant is accused of using its access to data to gain an unfair advantage over merchants using its platform.
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The growth of digital services has led to a growth in fraud cases. One solution is automation. According to Mark Goldspink, automating the fraud management process will be a gamechanger in 2021.
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By AFP
Washington -
Senior US federal and state election officials said Thursday that there was "no evidence" that votes were lost or changed, or voting systems corrupted, in the presidential election.
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A type of fraud that receives less attention in the business community than it should is synthetic identity fraud, which continues to be a major challenge for financial institutions. Kathleen Peters from Experian explains why firms need to take note.
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What is the best strategy for ad fraud prevention on mobile advertising? A new a partnership between Altrooz, and TrafficGuard could be a solution, involving the application of machine learning.
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By AFP
Munich -
Five years after "dieselgate" emissions cheating revelations rocked the car industry, ex-Audi CEO Rupert Stadler on Wednesday became the first top executive to stand trial in Germany.
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By AFP
Munich -
Five years after "dieselgate" emissions cheating revelations rocked the car industry, ex-Audi CEO Rupert Stadler on Wednesday becomes the first top executive to stand trial in Germany.
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A crisis creates opportunities for fraudsters and an example is with the coronavirus pandemic. As more people gravitate towards using on-line services, the digital culture presents more opportunities for bad actors.
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By AFP
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Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler on Wednesday becomes the first to stand trial in Germany over the "dieselgate" emissions scandal, five years after parent company VW admitted responsibility.
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By AFP
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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his bid Thursday to throw out an inquiry into claims he used Libyan cash for his 2007 presidential campaign, a ruling that could require him and several associates to stand trial.
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By AFP
Paris -
A Paris appeals court will rule Thursday on a legal challenge by ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy and former aides against an investigation into claims that Libyan money was used in his 2007 election campaign.
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By AFP
Valletta -
Maltese police arrested former prime minister Joseph Muscat's chief of staff Keith Schembri Tuesday, as part of a probe into alleged kickbacks connected to the sale of so-called golden passports.
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By AFP
Washington -
US President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his call for supporters to try to vote twice on November 3, a potentially illegal act that he claimed is the only way to be sure that a ballot is counted.
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The level of stimulus cheque fraud rose following the first wave. Although reports of fraud have trended down since May, it is expected they will spike again as another stimulus cheque is on the horizon.
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By AFP
Washington -
Former top Trump strategist Steve Bannon, who was arrested this week for defrauding donors to a Mexico border wall fundraising campaign, has said he is the victim of a "political hit job"."I'm in this for the long haul. I'm in this for the fight.
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By AFP
New York -
Former top Trump strategist Steve Bannon was arrested and charged Thursday along with three others for defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in a Mexico border wall fundraising campaign, in a blow to the Republican incumbent.
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By AFP
Manila -
A German businessman in the Philippines wanted for questioning over the Wirecard accounting scandal has died, the justice minister said Thursday.
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By AFP
Fpo -
A company director has been charged in Singapore with falsifying letters linked to scandal-hit German payments giant Wirecard, according to court documents, as the fallout from the firm's collapse spreads further around the world.
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By AFP
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GermanFinance Minister Olaf Scholz on Wednesday said he gave lawmakers a "detailed" explanation of everything he knew about the fraud scandal that brought down payments firm Wirecard, amid criticism that authorities missed early warning signs of troubl...
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U.S. financial institutions are issuing credit cards with EMV computer chips, which are widespread in other parts of the world. They promise to be more secure than traditional magnetic stripe cards. CreditCards.com
Mayor of Montreal Michael Applebaum is under arrest. Appelbaum is accused of corruption and fraud in municipal affairs, amounting to 14 charges in all Abdallahh
Official looking though this e-mail may appear, it is NOT from British Telecom.
File photo: Skating in Holland, Unknown author, Oil on canvas 31.8 x 46.4 cm. Sir Hugh Lane Bequest, 1917; on loan to the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, since 1979. Signed: Jongkind, but likely to be a forgery. National Gallery, London
A screengrab of an e-mail from Robin Dyer of the Bermuda Police - bottom part.
A screengrab from the website of Colin Fry. The dead can speak, but apparently they don't spell so good.
Babylon is another scam search engine. Don't click the link, don't click anything, close the page and get rid of it.
A screengrab of an e-mail from Robin Dyer of the Bermuda Police - bottom part.
A new report shows yet more corruption and fraud in private contractor abuse with relation to the occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq, costing US taxpayers "tens of billions" of dollars. Photo courtesy US Army
Knight being attended by wife, Helen. She wrote a letter to the local paper in South Wales saying her husband had a doctor's certificate attesting to his illness. Screen grab
A rather primitive looking phishing attempt. Do not respond, but move to spam folder.
Knight was caught on CCTV shopping at various Tesco stores across the country. Screen grab
Don't be fooled. There is NO such compulsory update from Yahoo! or anyone else. Give InboxAce a miss.
A screengrab of an e-mail from Robin Dyer of the Bermuda Police - top part.
A screengrab of an e-mail from Robin Dyer of the Bermuda Police - top part.
This advertisement claims you should "stock up on Sugar Detox Harmonized Water before you go on that #Halloween bender to help improve sugar regulation and #detox all those sweets!" Osmosis Pur Midical Skincare
Joann Elizabeth Wingate, 56 Pennsylvania State Police
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