Cyber crooks face blow after 48 websites used to aid scammers taken out in international operation
AN INTERNATIONAL operation targeting online tools used to commit serious cyber attacks has seen the takedown of 48 of the world’s most...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Nov 23, 2022
More than 100 UK arrests in massive international bank 'ispoof' fraud probe involving FBI & Met
AN INTERNATIONAL one-stop bank spoofing website, suspected of being run from the UK, has been taken down in the country’s biggest ever...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Jul 2, 2022
Indian national wanted by FBI over $31m "wire fraud" agrees to be extradited to the USA
A MAN wanted in connection with a $31m (£24m) wire fraud in the US has agreed to extradition. Gautam Choudhary, 41, was arrested on an...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Dec 7, 2021
Illegal immigrant Nigerian 'Romeo' fraudster preyed on terminally ill victim after she died
AN ILLEGAL Nigerian immigrant "Romeo" fraudster continued to target a terminally ill woman he had pursued even after she died. Osagie...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Dec 5, 2021
Illegal Amazon or eBay of 'environmental' boiler room investment frauds fear in wake of Cop26
AN illegal "Amazon or eBay of boiler room investment frauds" could emerge to con ethical investors in the wake of Cop26, lawyers who...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Jun 17, 2021
Ex-GCHQ chief in warning over rise of 'sim swapping' as US seeks to extradite hacker over $50m fraud
A FORMER security services chief has warned people to toughen up phone security or risk falling prey to a growing number of...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Mar 17, 2021
Two jailed over cyber network involved in corona bounce back loan scams and romance frauds
Two people who exploited the Government’s Coronavirus Bounce Back loan scheme by using the identities of eight innocent people to...
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By JON AUSTIN
- Oct 15, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: London Cybercrime Capital: Many wanted by FBI over multi-million frauds arrested in UK
LONDON has become a hotspot for alleged international cyber criminal kingpins at a time when the head of the National Crime Agency (NCA)...
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