All news on the topic: Scam

A former mayor of the Philippines, who faced accusations of spying for China, has been found guilty of human trafficking for her involvement in operating a scam center.

Myanmar’s military has arrested 346 people during a raid on a scam center in the Shwe Kokko area along the country’s border with Thailand, the Ministry of Information stated Wednesday.

The United Kingdom National Health Service Counter Fraud Authority has announced that it secured the three-year conviction of a Nigerian doctor, Richard Akinrolabu, for offenses related to fraud by false representation amounting to £268,000.

The Australian, Canadian, and United Kingdom High Commissions in Ghana have collaboratively initiated a week-long public awareness campaign to address the increasing threat of visa fraud.

A British man who hacked the X accounts of celebrities in an attempt to deceive people into giving him Bitcoin has been ordered to repay £4.1 million worth of the cryptocurrency, according to prosecutors.

More than 5 million company directors have yet to sign up for new anti-fraud checks despite a looming deadline tomorrow.

Media have determined the last hours of Roman Novak (a member of the shadow Telegram group), who was later kidnapped and murdered along with his wife.

A taxi driver in South Korea has been sentenced to four years and six months in prison for running an elaborate "fake vomit" scam used to extort more than 160 drunk passengers.

Roman Novak wrote that he had no plans to shut down the project.

In recent weeks, new details have emerged surrounding a financial scandal allegedly involving Roman Novak — a figure once linked to projects within Pavel Durov’s circle.

Georgian authorities have arrested a German national connected to a Tbilisi-based scam call centre that defrauded thousands of individuals worldwide.

New rules that will make phone networks block scam texts from reaching potential victims have been proposed by Britain’s communications watchdog.

Criminals are using artificial intelligence to increase their “attack rate” on UK victims, with investment fraud and romance scams hitting record levels in the first half of the year.

Myanmar’s junta conducted a raid on one of the country’s most infamous internet scam centres and confiscated Starlink devices, it announced on Monday, following an investigation that uncovered a surge in their usage in the multibillion-dollar illegal industry.

Thousands of people across Europe are being lured into investment scams promoted on social media. Investigate Europe reports that tech companies and public authorities are failing to protect citizens despite the Digital Services Act.

The UK has sanctioned two Chinese men accused of running "industrial-scale" scams from Southeast Asia, freezing assets including 19 London properties.

The Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has intensified its investigation into an alleged rice milling scam, filing a supplementary chargesheet on Monday against two key figures: former Indian Administrative Service officer Anil Tuteja and businessman Anwar Dhebar, officials relayed.

Explosive court documents in an ongoing tribunal case have revealed how Carter-Ruck, London’s leading libel firm, attempted to assist the fraudsters behind the multibillion-dollar OneCoin crypto scam by casting doubt on a police investigation. They also disclose how the firm issued threats of legal action to "send a clear message" to whistleblowers.

There are about 2,000 call centres in Kyiv, scamming thousands of people out of their money every day. This statistic is provided by the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine.

Some 260 suspected cyber scammers have been arrested in a sting operation carried out across 14 African countries.

The Islam brothers — Moyn, Monir, and Ehsaan — are trying to change their history.

Older savers should avoid making rash decisions about their pension cash based on "fear and rumour", experts urged this week.

A farmer was tricked out of his life savings by a conman who spent the money on luxury dining and trips abroad.

The U.S. has sanctioned 19 individuals and companies in Southeast Asia, accusing them of running scam centre operations that use slave labour to defraud Americans of billions of dollars.