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President Trump Signs Take it Down Act into law Can this be used against those extorting young men by luring them into online encounters where they perform intimate sex acts?
First report of the National Task Force on Fraud and Scam Prevention. This group tries to draw together law enforcement consumer organizations, and private sector banks, telecoms, social media and tech companies to share information and strategies to fight consumer fraud..
Fraud Gangs: Regular followers of the Fraud Report recognize that the fraudsters are highly organized groups that are mostly reaching out from other countries. For the next several weeks I will focus on many of those gangs and different aspects of their operations and modus operandi. I welcome any additional thought or feedback.
Jamaica – Lottery Scams. This beautiful (but poor) island is home to a vast number of frauds that call, often claiming to be Publisher’s Clearinghouse, and telling people they have won. But in order to get your winnings you must first pay fees for taxes or other costs. One hallmark of the Jamaicans is that they also tell victims that a new Mercedes is due to be delivered to their house. Here is the study I did on this type of fraud. Jamaican law enforcement works with the US, and itself prosecutes many of these scammers. In fact, the very high murder rate in Jamaica has often been attributed to rival scam gangs, often fighting over lead lists of who can be called. And the money that comes from lottery scams is also then used to buy guns (illegal in Jamaica) and drugs. Of course many Jamaicans have immigrated to the US, and some are actively helping with this fraud.
