Millions and Millions of Fraud Domains: China attacks Illegal Gambling and Telecom Fraud

Millions and Millions of Fraud Domains: China attacks Illegal Gambling and Telecom Fraud

Last week I was reviewing a publication by the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime published in January 2024, titled "Casinos, Money Laundering, Underground Banking, and Transnational Organized Crime in East ...
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‘Microsoft’ Scammers Steal the Most, the FTC Says

Scammers impersonating Microsoft, Publishers Clearing House, Amazon and Apple are at the top of the FTC’s “who’s who” list. Based on consumer reports and complaints to the agency, hundreds of millions of ...
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Best of 2023: Watching a Crypto Investment Scam WhatsApp Group

Best of 2023: Watching a Crypto Investment Scam WhatsApp Group

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If your online accounts are like mine, almost every day I'm "force joined" to a new Telegram group where a crypto investment scammer tries to tell everyone how great their scam investment ...
China continues Pig-Butchering Crack-down

China continues Pig-Butchering Crack-down

One of my techniques for keeping current on Cybercrime trends is having an "interesting" collection of international news ticklers. This story came to me via X:CyberScamMonitor via a QQ account called "onCambodia." ...
Mirror Trading International's Cornelius Johannes Steynberg and his $3.4 Billion USD Default Judgement

Mirror Trading International’s Cornelius Johannes Steynberg and his $3.4 Billion USD Default Judgement

Some of you may have heard that students in UAB's Investigating Online Crimes class have been researching Crypto Investment Scam websites.  You can find a list of some of the sites we've ...

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