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Threat Intelligence

Sports Cars, Private Jets, Mansions: How a $240 Million Bitcoin Theft Ended in Arrests

A group of crypto criminals stole $240 million in Bitcoin from a single victim, then spent so openly that investigators barely had to look.

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Threat Intelligence

How a Fraudster Used a Tesla App and a Fake Job Contract to Trap His Wife

Enrico Pucci was convicted of 30 offences including stalking, assault, and coercive control after using technology, financial deception, and sustained psychological manipulation to dominate and isolate his partner Narghiza Ergashova.

4 min read
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Identity & Access

Bank Impersonation Scams: How One Target Wasted the Fraudsters' Time for Hours

A reader who received a fake Barclays automated call decided not to hang up. What followed is a useful case study in how these scams work and what you can do when one lands in your lap.

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Threat Intelligence

Malaysia's Ghost-City Scam Factories: How Criminals Turned a Failed Mega-Development Into a Fraud Hub

Police arrested 335 people running fake investment and romance scams out of empty apartments in Forest City, a $100 billion Malaysian development that was meant to house 700,000 people but never came close.

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Identity & Access

Metro Bank Customer Lost £14,000 to Fraudsters Who Used Stolen Money to Buy AI Chatbot Credits

A Sussex businessman spent months fighting to recover £14,244 after criminals raided his Metro Bank account and spent the proceeds on credits for Claude, Anthropic's AI chatbot. The case raises hard questions about whether banks are doing enough to catch unusual spending patterns before the money is gone.

3 min read
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AI Security

OpenAI Cuts Off Cambodia-Based Scam Ring Running Frauds Through ChatGPT

Accounts tied to Poipet were using the chatbot to draft investment pitches, romance messages, and fake police scripts, the company says.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Fake RingGo Texts Are Tricking Drivers Into Handing Over Bank Details

Scammers are sending fraudulent parking-fee demands that impersonate the RingGo app, banking on the fact that most drivers genuinely can't remember every parking session they've paid for.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Interpol's Global Payment Network Stopped a $6.6 Million Fraud Transfer. Here's How It Works.

A worldwide system linking police forces and banks in 196 countries is getting faster at freezing stolen money before criminals can move it across borders.

4 min read
A split-screen showing a legitimate Russian petrochemical company website on one side and an identical fake clone on the other, with payment forms and wire tran
Threat Intelligence

Fake Russian company websites ran a nine-year scam on foreign buyers

Fraudsters cloned real Russian fertilizer and petrochemical firms, then pocketed advance payments from international customers.

3 min read
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Identity & Access

Fake Spotify Payment Emails Are Stealing Card Details From Real Subscribers

Criminals are sending convincing payment-failure notices that lead Spotify users to copycat websites designed to harvest login credentials and credit card numbers.

3 min read
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Breaches

Hackers Steal Data, Cause $13 Million in Fraudulent Leases for Upbound Group

Stolen customer records let criminals set up fake lease-to-own agreements through Acima, costing Upbound Group roughly $13 million in Q2 2023.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Why Carders Are Hunting for 'Clean' Home Internet Connections

Fraudsters are paying premium prices for residential proxies that haven't been flagged, and pairing them with fake browser identities to slip past bank fraud checks.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

How a Spanish Cybercrime Gang Stole €140 Million and Almost Got Away With It

Spanish police, working with partners across Europe and beyond, dismantled a fraud network that used fake boss emails, phony investment sites, and nearly a thousand bank accounts to steal the equivalent of $161 million from ordinary people and businesses.

3 min read
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Breaches

Australian Actress Falls Victim to $10,500 Insurance Scam

Christine Whelan Browne, a well-known Australian theatre actress, warns others about an insurance scam after losing her car.

2 min read
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Policy & Regulation

Nigeria's Fraud Losses Keep Climbing Even as Reported Incidents Fall

Fewer fraud cases are being recorded in Nigeria, but each one costs more. A new cybersecurity framework is coming; whether enforcement will follow is the real question.

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