January 17, 2019

Email crooks swindle woman out of $150K from home sale

She sent her bank account details three times, she said. Unfortunately, they wound up in crooks' hands, and her money wound up in their pockets.

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September 17, 2018

On the hook! Phishing trip nets “Barbara” 5 years and whopping fine

The romance and business email compromise scammer pled guilty to fraud amounting to $25m.

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July 13, 2018

Sextortion scam knows your password, but don’t fall for it

The scam emails claim to have compromising video of you, and back it up by showing you one of your passwords.

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February 21, 2017

Watch out for phishing scams when preparing your tax return

Phishing scams topped the IRS's Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2017

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October 26, 2016

Accountant jailed after falling for Nigerian email scammer sexpot

He lied to a friend to get £151,000 in loans to send to a "woman" (unlikely) he claimed to have met in Liverpool (nope, didn't happen!).

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August 09, 2016

Nigerian scammer infects himself with malware

The self-inflicted keylogger was helpfully uploading screenshots and keystroke logs to an open directory on a web server. D'OH!

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August 02, 2016

Nigerian scammer arrested for $60 million email fraud

Close cooperation between INTERPOL and the EFCC halts $60 million fraudster Mike in his tracks

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April 01, 2016

How Barbie-doll maker Mattel clawed back $3m from cyberthieves

Crooks spirited the money away to China with the "CEO email" scam. A little luck and an exec on the ground in China helped them get it back.

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August 31, 2015

This email scam targeting businesses is a billion-dollar problem, FBI warns

The FBI issued a warning last week about email scams that have cost businesses $1.2 billion in fraudulent wire transfers since 2013. "Nigerian Prince" scams these are not...

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