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Podcast 421: Soups Ranjan of Sardine

One of the hottest areas of fintech today is anti-fraud. It has never been more challenging to stop fraudsters and for most fintechs this...

Dennis Corey Loses $200K to Crypto Fraud

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a new report suggesting that more than $13 million was stolen from residents of the state...

Pig Butchering & Investment Scams: The $3B Cybercrime Threat Overtaking BEC

Pig butchering is a repulsively named, rising investment scam that uses a potent mix of the promise of romance and the lure of making...

Common WhatsApp scams and how to avoid them

Here’s a roundup of some of the most common tricks that fraudsters use to dupe their victims on WhatsApp – and what you...

Love scam or espionage? Transparent Tribe lures Indian and Pakistani officials

ESET researchers analyze a cyberespionage campaign that distributes CapraRAT backdoors through trojanized and supposedly secure Android messaging apps – but also exfiltrates sensitive...

Middlesex County Citizen Falls Victim to Crypto Fraud

A resident of Middlesex County in the United Kingdom has fallen victim to crypto fraud and lost more than $100K at the time of...

9 Common Crypto Scams and How to Avoid Them

As with anything, whenever there is something promising going on in society, there always has to be at least one person who ruins it...

He Fell Victim to Crypto Romance Scam: What’s Waiting Ahead?

“Romance scammers often appear as attractive, wealthy, and successful business people looking for serious relationships. They approach victims on dating apps or social media...

California regulator warns of 17 crypto websites suspected of fraud

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has fired off 17 separate warnings over two days of crypto brokers and websites it...

CryptoRom “pig butchering” scam sites seized, suspects arrested in US

by Paul Ducklin Over the past year, we’ve had the unfortunate need to warn our readers not once, but twice,...

S3 Ep103: Scammers in the Slammer (and other stories) [Audio + Text]

by Paul Ducklin SCAMMERS IN THE SLAMMER (AND OTHER STORIES) With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin. Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge. Click-and-drag on the soundwaves below to...

Romance scammer and BEC fraudster sent to prison for 25 years

by Paul Ducklin Elvis, you might say, has left the building, but only to be transported from court to federal prison. In this case, we’re referring to...

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