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NO FRAUD REPORT NEXT WEEK. WE’RE GOING ON VACATION
In joint operation Interpol announces 574 arrests across Africa for cybercrime; including BEC gang in Senegal and ransomware operation in Ghana
Financial Times video program on spies, scam compounds, online gambling, transnational crime and triads (30minutes)
Georgia: DOJ seizes stolen password database used to take over bank accounts; at least $28 million stolen; gang used fake websites of real banks and harvested log in information
FTC releases new Data Spotlight on home rental fraud
- Since 2000 65,000 rental frauds reported to the FTC
- Losses of $65 million; median loss $1000
- Those 18-29 three times more likely to lose money
- See my in depth study of this issue for the BBB in 2019
Wired: Chinese crypto scammers on Telegram are fueling the biggest darknet markets ever
Full report here
