Law enforcement agencies in Italy and Spain have dismantled an organized crime group linked to the Italian Mafia that was involved in online fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking, and property crime, netting the gang about €10 million ($11.7 million) in illegal proceeds in just a year. "The suspects defrauded hundreds of victims through phishing attacks and other types of … [Read more...] about Europol Busts Major Crime Ring, Arrests Over 100 Online Fraudsters
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Premium-Rate Phone Fraudsters Hack VoIP Servers of 1200 Companies
Cybersecurity researchers today took the wraps off an on-going cyber fraud operation led by hackers in Gaza, West Bank, and Egypt to compromise VoIP servers of more than 1,200 organizations across 60 countries over the past 12 months. According to findings published by Check Point Research, the threat actors — believed to be located in the Palestinian Gaza Strip — have targeted … [Read more...] about Premium-Rate Phone Fraudsters Hack VoIP Servers of 1200 Companies
How PayPal users are tricked by online fraudsters
You know how to use PayPal safely, but every day, scammers come up with new tricks to gain access to users’ accounts and empty their pockets digitally. Today we’re sharing some of fraudsters’ most popular schemes. Advance payment fraud It’s not unusual for online scammers to use so-called advance payment fraud, a classic Internet scam, to defraud PayPal users. Victims receive … [Read more...] about How PayPal users are tricked by online fraudsters