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Police in India raid two call centers, arrest 155, kingpins flee; were running three scams, all demanding gift cards

  • Calls offering payday loans but had to pay upfront
  • Tech support calls resulting from Microsoft popups
  • Calls claiming Amazon shipments had illegal contents and victim needed to pay to cancel or they would report to law enforcement

Los Angeles: Two Chinese men arrested for laundering $73 million from crypto romance frauds

North Dakota: Jury convicts Nigerian man in fraud on law firm; had sent counterfeit check to firm for legal work and then had them wire money back after work cancelled

Tech companies form coalition to fight crypto romance and other frauds; includes Meta, Coinbase, Match

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Fraud Studies: Here are links to the studies I’ve written for the Better Business Bureau: puppy fraud, romance fraud; BEC fraud, sweepstakes/lottery fraud,  tech support fraud, romance fraud money mules, crooked movers, government imposters, online vehicle sale scams, rental fraud, gift cards,  free trial offer frauds,  job scams,  online shopping fraud,  fake check fraud and crypto scams

Full report here