A Nigerian internet fraudster popularly known as Yahoo Boy, Hammed Akinola has bagged 180 months (15 years) imprisonment for a $10million fraud. His sentence was ordered by a Federal High Court in Houston, Texas, in the United States of America (USA) . Akinola’s accomplice American accomplice was not spared also, U.S. District Judge David Hittner […]
Experts at Kaspersky Lab’s annual Cyber Security Weekend discussed the wide spread growth of mobile payments across the globe and the many cyber risks that surround such technology. Especially the recent SIM swap fraud wave, which have become very common in Africa and the wider region. A SIM swap fraud happens when someone convinces your
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New voluntary code comes into play to protect scams in which victim pays fraudster directly All the major UK banks and Nationwide building society have signed up to the new code of conduct. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images Bank customers who fall victim to frauds after 28 May will have a greater chance of being refunded.
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Grace Chukwu, 38, and Queen Chukwuka, 32, guilty of having criminal property They were arrested and tried with eight other members of fraudster gang Group used Internet scams sent to people’s emails to steal bank details They were found with thousands in account and spent money on designer shoes By Lara Keay For Mailonline Published: 16:06
Crying out from near the top of the FBI’s cybercrime report last week was a heartbreaking statistic. The second-costliest category of crime, behind only compromised business email, was confidence and romance fraud, with a 2018 cost of $363 million. What does romance fraud look like? The FBI cases read like the ultimate cautionary tales about
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One of Lee Rigby’s killers is reportedly making a bid to serve the rest of his sentence in a Nigerian jail with a VIP wing. Michael Adebowale, 37, is currently behind bars in HMP Wakefield, but he is believed to be seeking a prisoner-swap deal. Adebowale, who is serving a 45 year jail term for
Nine Nigerians have been arrested in the United States over allegations of fraud. Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Spero, Special Agent in Charge of the Tampa, Florida, Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), announced this in a statement. The suspects
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Mark Goodram (left) and Jon-Ross Watson are reportedly on a bender celebrating their lottery win, though Camelot hasn’t yet paid out (Pictures: Facebook) Lottery bosses are reportedly investigating a £4 million scratchcard won by two convicted crooks. Mark Goodram, 36, and Jon-Ross Watson, 31, appeared to have embarked on a four-day celebration to celebrate the multi-million
This WhatsApp hack method relies on fooling users into clicking a website link. To do this, scammers are now sending fake verification SMS messages to potential victims. Internet scammers are continuously stepping up their game to target a larger number of personal data and different accounts of unsuspecting internet users. Continuing with this
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The US government is taking aim at the “India-based call centre scam industry,” Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski has warned while announcing the extradition of an Indian citizen from Singapore allegedly involved in a multi-million dollar racket. Hitesh Madhubhai Patel, 42, who operated the HGlobal call centre in Ahmedabad, was extradited to face trial on
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