- First distribution — $586 million judgment
- Full payments to victims in US and abroad
- More to follow
- Details on the process here
- NO ONE should pay money to get a refund here
India takes down tech support room running tech support scams against UK citizens after BBC story
BBC interview with tech support scammers in India
Swedish journalist works with insider to expose telemarketing sales room in Kiev, Ukraine
- Target elderly with bitcoin investments
- Sales in English, Russian, Italian and Spanish
- Get remote access to victim computers and bank accounts
- Thousands of victims in 50 countries
List of the 400 elder fraud cases recently announced by DOJ
Coronavirus
- Facebook and eBay ban ads selling face masks
- Amazon deletes 1 million ads
- UK reports £800,000 lost in coronavirus scams so far, many emails claim to be related to WHO or CDC
- FTC and FDA send warning letters to seven companies over claims that products can prevent or treat coronavirus
- UK seeing emails supposedly from tax authorities offering refunds because of coronavirus
- Puppy scams now using virus as excuse for why the pet is not delivered
- Scammers now “selling” mask online; just take the money and have no masks
