New FTC Chair Lina Khan names Chopra advisors Sam Levine acting head of consumer protection; Holly Vedova acting head of Bureau of Competition, and Erie Meyer as Chief Technologist  Dems now have 3-2 majority

Chinese propaganda app being used by romance scammers there; government censors reports on problem

New Google Pay app now lets people send money to India and Singapore through Western Union.  Are scammers close behind?

US, Europe, Canada jointly take down Double VPN network used by ransomware and phishing gangs; seize servers around the world

CBD products sold in the UK onn social media falsely claim celebrities such as Judi Dench endorse them; involve bogus free trial offers

Seattle:  Seven years prison for Ukrainian hacker extradited from Spain; stole millions of credit card numbers

UK Study find 96% of online scams reported to Action Fraud go unsolved; questions value of scambaiting; lauds Petscams.com

New fraud trend to watch out for:  The US government is now paying for the funeral expenses of those who died from the virus.  Not surprisingly, sources tell the Fraud Report that crooks are now applying for this money online and stealing funds.  And if the crooks are not in the U.S. they doubtless need mules to first collect the money.

Full report here