All news on the topic: Scams And Fraud

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’Kafkaesque’: Bank blocks cash transfer, citing potential AI scam concerns
Starling’s fraud team repeatedly refused to allow UK man to send £12,800 to friend in Austria, then froze account
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Father and son pocketed £136k by returning cheap irons to Argos in three-year scam
A dad and son pocketed £136,000 in a ‘get-rich-quick’ con using fake receipts to return cheap irons to Argos for the full price.
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Gumtree scam brothers jailed after PS5 robbery filmed in victim’s home
Brothers who conspired to rob a man of his sought-after PS5 games console have both been put behind bars. The pair were caught on camera in footage that helped convict them
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Scam alert: Thomas Signorelli and WS Capital Series Fund LLC
Thomas Signorelli has allegedly defrauded multiple sellers and fled town with their money. He reportedly scammed them out of $80,000 and $75,000 in known cases.
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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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CrowdStrike faces backlash as ‘thank you’ gift cards are blocked
$10 UberEats vouchers sent to people who helped after global IT outage are flagged as potential fraud
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Bosnian-American biofuel fraud case advances in Belgium
Two Bosnian-Americans accused of being “ringleaders” in a US$3.4-million biofuel fraud case should be released on bail set at 50,000 euro (US$54,245) each, a court in Antwerp ruled on Tuesday.
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Fraudster who pretended to be accountant stole £600,000 to fund ‘extravagant lifestyle’
Maxted pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud by abuse of position valued at £596,497.29 he was employed through a recruitment agency and failed to declare his previous fraud conviction
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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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Gangster who cheated the taxman to build a £2.3m castle in Pakistan repays only £1,700
The scam was exposed after cops raided his Birmingham home and found plans for a palace
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How a sleepy fraudster’s lottery scam fell apart after stealing a £1m scratchcard from a garage and making a critical mistake
A DOZY fraudster’s lotto con spiralled out of control after he stole a £1MILLION garage scratchcard - due to an unbelievably clumsy mistake.