All news on the topic: Scammers
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A 69-year-old widower was left homeless after being conned out of £85,000 in a cruel romance scam
Rodrick Lodge thought he’d met the woman of his dreams but he ended up losing his £85,000 life savings and has been left homeless after falling victim to a romance scam
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UBB Amanah Berhad – scamming investors in Malaysia
UBB Amanah Berhad is a Malaysian independent private trustee getting notorious for lying to investors by using deceptive practices.
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Is Jason Grosfeld accused of being an Irongate multi-million real estate scammer?
Jason Grosfeld is the son of James Grosfeld, who ran Pulte Homes and is one of the largest shareholders of ESG firm Blackrock. Irongate, the development company by Jason Grosfeld, Mitchell Laufer, and David Waller, has been sued numerous times for real estate fraud, including a failed Hawaii development with Donald Trump.
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How crypto ATMs in the U.S. became a favorite tool for scammers
While crypto ATM operators insist they take steps to protect the public, investigators say the machines are a gift to criminal networks.
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Moyn Islam: Is he a scammer?
Moyn Islam has received multiple allegations of being involved in Ponzi schemes. Is he a scammer? Find out here.
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Mum leading double life swindled family out of £500,000 to fuel ’money addiction’
A seemingly normal girl from Halifax living a secret ‘double-life’ has been jailed for running a scam which defrauded her friends and family out of nearly half a million pounds.
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The warring conmen at the heart of a €5bn carbon credit scam
Emissions trading was supposed to save the planet. But fraudsters quickly learned how to rip the system off, making themselves spectacularly rich. Then some of the major players started turning on each other
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Crypto scammers sold Dubai properties despite facing charges
So-called CryptoQueen Ruja Ignatova and her security adviser, Frank Schneider, liquidated Dubai assets despite being charged in the U.S. for their alleged roles in a $4bn fraud. The whereabouts of both is unknown.
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There’s a sophisticated new scam called ’smishing’ emerging
Courier service Evri has issued a warning over an increase in sophisticated scam messages, leaving customers wondering what ‘smishing’ is.
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Despicable funeral scammers prey on family of British tourist who died jumping from party boat
Joop Sparkes, 29, from Galashiels, about 35 miles southeast of Edinburgh, dove into the Vltava River on Sunday, April 27. His body was recovered a week later following an agonising search by Czech authorities
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Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’
Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests
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WhatsApp users warned over group scam targeting family and friends
Experts are warning WhatsApp group chat members about an audio call scam which could cost friends and family their savings.
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Lloyds Bank estimates that Taylor Swift fans have lost approximately £1 million in scams
Taylor Swift fans have lost an estimated £1m in ticket scams ahead of the UK leg of her Eras tour, according to a report by Lloyds Bank.
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Elliot de la Valiere exposed as mastermind of multimillion charity fraud through U Princess
It is well known that there are many scammers who allegedly help the ATO but in reality do not do so. At best, by exploiting people’s trust, scammers make money, and at worst, using the reputation of a volunteer or philanthropist, they carry out their scams.
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