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DOJ announces 2021 money mule initiative; action against 4750 in ten week effort; more than 30 charged criminally
DOJ official’s blog on this effort
BBB updates pet scam study
- Fake web sites use Christmas theme
- Complaints continue to increase dramatically
New FTC spotlight looks at scam losses paid by gift card
- $148 million lost first nine months of 2021, more than all 2020
- Target gift cards most popular, more than twice any other brand
- Scammers send victims to Target stores to buy them
- Median amount of loss to Target cards $2500; twice that for others
Thieves attach $29 Apple Tags to luxury vehicles in parking lots; find home location at night and steal the cars; send location to iPhones
Full report here
