romance scams

When I'm talking to bankers and other fraud fighters, I often mention how easy it is for a criminal to obtain a Drivers License bearing any information they desire. I was reminded ...

 If you are just joining us, we are reviewing the court transcripts of a Business Email Compromise / Romance Scam Money Laundering case.  Part One reveals "Classic Baggie: A Delaware BEC Case ...

The U.S. Attorney's office in Delaware charged Olugbenga Lawal with being a major money launderer for a Nigerian-based international criminal organization that specialized in Business Email Compromise (#BEC) and Romance Scam.  Lawal ...

Painted hearts on restaurant doors, red roses in hand, candies and chocolates on display. These are just some of the […] ...

Things get worse for LastPass as a security breach in November resulted in the theft of customer data, including encrypted password vaults and unencrypted web addresses. Pig butchering scams, a variation of ...

In today’s technologically forward world, online scams have become both common and effective. The Internet Crimes Complaint Center (IC3) states […] ...

Discover why fintech and crypto fraud is increasing and how to prepare your fraud prevention strategy for economic uncertainty. The post Digital Trust & Safety Roundup: Economic uncertainty, fintech fraud, and crypto ...

 Lately there has been a media-driven craze in the fraud community to call every crypto-investment scam "Pig Butchering."  I hope you will join me in canceling that term after you read this ...

On July 7, 2022, the US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced that Ping Express had been found guilty. Prior to this, their CEO Anslem Oshionebo*, their COO Opeyemi Odeyale ...

https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2021_IC3Report.pdfThe FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (ic3.gov) has released their 2021 Internet Crime Report.The number of complaints increased by 7% to 847,376 from 2020 to 2021, however the reported losses increased by ...