2019

College admissions scandal: Ex-Yale football coach pleads guilty to fraud

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A former Yale University football coach has pleaded guilty to fraud-related charges for allegedly accepting bribes to help students get into the college. Women’s football coach Rudy Meredith accepted a $400,000 (£306,000) bribe to fraudulently mark a non-athletic student as a recruit, prosecutors say. The case is part of a wider scam that helped wealthy parents buy […]

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Fraudsters targeting online gamers

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Don’t let fraud ruin your fun – Action Fraud warns against fraudsters targeting online gamers. Action Fraud is warning parents and online gamers of the risk of fraud involving Steam Cardsand Fortnite.  Between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018, Action Fraud received 35 reports of Fortnite related fraud, with a total loss off £5,119 – an average of £146

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Train up ‘cyber security champions’ to stop hackers, small businesses told

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Small businesses should train up “cyber security champions” to better protect themselves from the threat of cyber attacks, new government research has suggested.   A report by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) claimed that in the case of more than half (57%) of businesses who

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METROEFCC arrests 6 `Yahoo’ boys, recovers exotic cars

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GOOGLE + The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office have arrested six `Yahoo’ boys and recovered five different models of exotic cars and laptops. The Acting Head, Media and Publicity of the commission, Mr Tony Orilade, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday. He said

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Police most corrupt institution in Nigeria, reveals SERAP survey

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A new public survey released today by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) reports high levels of corruption in public institutions in Nigeria for the past 5 years. Of the five major public institutions surveyed, the police emerge as the most corrupt, with the power sector identified as the second most corrupt in the country

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Include Background checks in your hiring procedures

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In hindsight, it seems obvious: Nathan’s pilfering of ING Corp. should have never been allowed to start, much less last as long as it did.   Nathan played a lead role in transitioning his old employer onto a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. A mistake by his new employer created an opportunity for Nathan

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I MARRIED A SCAMMER !! Exclusive HD Documentary with subtitles

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In 2013 and then 2015, a Nigerian Scammer pretending to be a bank official contacted me and a ScamBaiting friend, trying to scam us. We baited him on each occasion and in 2015 he sent a woman to meet my character in England (an elderly, disabled man), to collect a large sum of cash from

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Woman ‘left with nothing’ after romance fraud

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A woman has told how she lost her home and was declared bankrupt after she became the victim of a “romance scam”. Within weeks of meeting on a dating website, Alan Clarkson was stealing Michelle Szombara’s money. Over four years, the fraudster, from West Lothian, stole more than £60,000 from Ms Szombara and her parents.

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Aussie engineer accuses ‘serial farter’ supervisor of bullying, seeks $1.8m redress

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Farting at work is a bigger taboo than discussing pay. The polite, who usually have crippling gas anxiety, will excuse themselves and let rip, but not before ensuring the toilet is empty and unlikely to have any additional guests while the deed is done. The brave will go through a series of anal acrobatics to

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‘Android ad fraud drains phone battery’

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A new report has uncovered a massive advertising fraud scheme that made scammers serious cash, fooled marketing companies and killed users’ smartphone batteries. The scheme operated via fake banner advertisements that were secretly hidden behind legitimate banner ads in Android apps, according to BuzzFeed News. ADVERTISEMENT This scam was previously spotted by at least two ad

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