Foreign currency worth Dh2.3 million recovered from the suspects Sharjah: Five men have been arrested in connection with a daring armed robbery at a money exchange house in Sharjah, police said on Sunday. The suspects, all Nigerian and aged in their 20s, stole currency worth over Dh2 million during a seven-minute heist at the Al […]
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FSU researcher Shuyuan Ho is working on an AI system that can use language cues associated with deception to predict whether someone is lying online. (Photo: Courtesy of Florida State University) Editor’s Note: Welcome to my weekly column, Virtual Case Notes, in which I interview experts on the latest developments in digital forensics and cybersecurity.
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by Seth Augenstein – Senior Science Writer – @SethAugenstein A series of academic studies in Europe and elsewhere have seemed to indicate that killers don’t necessarily go on to kill again. But a new study of Florida men behind bars for 1st-degree murder makes a clear statistical correlation: murderers have a significantly higher likelihood of
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mike Lynch, the founder of the software group Autonomy, was a “controlling and demanding individual” of whom it was inconceivable that he was unaware of the fraudulent practices alleged to have been taking place at his company, the high court has heard. The claims are included in the opening submissions of a civil claim brought by Hewlett
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