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Beware: Scammers are sending fake verification codes to hack your WhatsApp account

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  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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US Warns ‘India-Based Call Centre Scam Industry’

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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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N-Power: Fraudsters Jailed For Impersonation, Identity Theft

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The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced Sata Owugha Clinton and Bolounmubofa Blessing Soroh to one-year imprisonment for impersonation and using the identity of a petitioner to enroll in the  N-Power Social Welfare Scheme. The duo got into trouble when they used the name and identity of Lovedy Chiamaka Uzor to enroll in

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Meet Adebayo Alonge, the Nigeran pharmacist who beat Tech startups from 119 countries to win the grand prize of €100,000

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Adebayo Alonge is the Nigeran pharmacist who beat Tech startups from 119 countries to win the grand prize of €100,000. Adebayo Alonge won the grand prize in the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge for creating a handheld nano scanner that authenticates drugs. (twitter/Yale) The CEO and co-founder of RxAll competed against 4,500 contenders from 119 nations

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Apple face-recognition blamed by New York teen for false arrest

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A New York student sued Apple Inc for US$1bil (RM4.12bil), claiming the company’s facial-recognition software falsely linked him to a series of thefts from Apple stores. Ousmane Bah, 18, said he was arrested at his home in New York in November and charged with stealing from an Apple store. The arrest warrant included a photo

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5 suspects arrested as gangs clash in Aguda

/ / Governance, News, Nigeria, Security

Zubairu Muazu, Lagos Commissioner of Police Some of the policemen attached to the Lagos State Police Command have arrested five suspects in connection with the gang-clash that occurred at Aguda near Surulere between Sunday and Monday. The Lagos State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana, said in a press statement on Monday that the suspects

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Facebook Uploaded 1.5 Million Users’ Email Contact Without Consent

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Facebook Facebook on Thursday confirmed that it uploaded the contact details of 1.5 million new users without their permission in the last three years. “The error was discovered amid a change to the sign-up process made in March,’’ Facebook stated in a publication by the US news website Business Insider. The California-based social media giant

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Hong Kong customs arrest Nigerian woman with cocaine hidden in her body

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A customs officer displays some of the drugs found in the suspect. Photo: Felix Wong Custom officers at Hong Kong International Airport recovered more than half of a kilogram of cocaine from an African traveller who had allegedly hidden the drug in her body. The 37-year old Nigerian arrived in the city on a flight

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Mortgage Scams

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Businessmen and individuals those who are making innumerable financial transactions regularly through banking portals are compelled to punch-in their user id and passwords. Though these transactions are happening perfectly and properly everyday there are incidences where scammers steal these important data by gaining entry into the computer through fraudulent means and swindle their money in

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