SCAM
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A Squid Game-themed cryptocurrency plunged in value on Monday in what appears to be a deliberate act, falling from a high of around €2,400 to fractions of a cent in minutes. The SQUID token, which has no official connection to the hit Netflix drama, was launched last week with promises of an online game and…
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An Australian woman who dodged multiple calls from what she suspected to be scammers was shocked when she finally answered the phone and learned she had won a nearly $1.5 million lottery jackpot. The Launceston, Tasmania, woman told The Lott officials she had been avoiding their phone calls because she didn’t recognize the number. “This is crazy!…
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The government of the United States of America has declared six Nigerians wanted for their involvement in business email compromise schemes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) declared the Nigerians wanted in a tweet in the early hours of Saturday, June 27, 2020, asking the public to provide information about them. Help the #FBI find…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned one Patrick Ighalo before Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over a N1.75m scam. Ighalo was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretence. One of the counts reads, “That you Patrick Ighalo and…
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If you start receiving more telemarketing calls, you can blame Facebook. Recently, a security researcher named Bob Diachenko found a database of user account info including their name and phone numbers for 267 million Facebook users. It was available in an unprotected format and copied to other hacker forums, Forbes reports. Reports indicate that this presents a treasure…
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A gold-digger who spent 20 years stealing cash from elderly and vulnerable she seduced has been jailed. Patricia McGoldrick, 38, targeted the victims and stole cash and jewelry from them once she gained their trust in a string of so-called ‘mate crimes’. In one incident, she climbed through a 68-year-old man’s window and demanded money…
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Maria Grette, a 62-year-old Swede woman, is yet to believe that cyber criminals bring total loss and destruction to their victims. She decided to visit Nigeria for the sake of a 24-year-old “yahoo yahoo” boy who conned her of some hard-earned cash. Maria thought she had fallen in love with a 52-year-old Danish man but felt…
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Police in Singapore have warned law abiding citizens of the latest trend in cyrbercrimes, after a woman lost $80,000 to fraudsters who pretended to be officers of the law. The 41-year-old scam victim was said to have received a telephone call from someone who claimed to be a police officer. Their initial conversation was followed…
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A Nigerian behind an online fraud network which engineered scams worth more than $60 million (54 million euros) has been arrested in southern oil city of Port Harcourt, Interpol said on Monday. “The 40-year-old Nigerian national, known as ‘Mike’, is believed to be behind scams totaling more than $60 million involving hundreds of victims worldwide,”…
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Scam is as old as the society and almost everyone knows what the word means but unfortunately, only a few have been lucky enough to avoid falling victims. Fraudsters are said to be some dumb-ass illiterates, a few years ago, bot not anymore. Graduates with quality education – including fraudulent companies and governments – are choosing…
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There’s yet nothing like Google. The company has shown a high level of respect and honesty to customers by revealing that its own safe browsing tool is flagging “google.com” as partially dangerous.
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An angry Chinese woman has sued a matchmaking agency for scam after she paid a total 700,000 yuan (about $110,000) for them to help her find Mr. Right. The woman named Gao (surname) paid the fee in installments. The company requested 100,000 yuan as the initial registration fee and when the suitors provided didn’t measure…
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It is a known fact that Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa though people could argue about South Africa. It is a question of what is rather than what was so we’ll leave it to arguments. Image: Nigeria’s national flag. Our founding fathers, from Sir Frederick Lugard to the current president, President Muhammadu Buhari should…
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