Former Real-estate Agent Forced To Use Retirement Funds To Buy Her House After Losing $63K To A Scam

Former Real-estate Agent Forced To Use Retirement Funds To Buy Her House After Losing K To A Scam

A former real estate agent and her spouse had to use their retirement funds to purchase a home after falling victim to a scam that resulted in a loss of $63,000. This occurred when Laurie and Rich Ramelow relocated from California to Texas to be closer to their daughter. Laurie, previously a real estate agent, … Read more

Scammers Steal $12K In 10 Minutes From Aussie Student Via A Simple And Easily Overlooked Scam

Scammers Steal K In 10 Minutes From Aussie Student Via A Simple And Easily Overlooked Scam

An alarmingly simple scam ensnared a university student, stealing the $12,000 he saved for a student exchange trip to America in just ten minutes. Matthew Sweeney, a 22-year-old criminology and criminal justice student at Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology, was working a regular shift at a supplement store in Braeside on Wednesday evening when the … Read more

UK Engineering Firm Behind ‘Sydney Opera House’ Loses $25 Million To Deepfake Scam

UK Engineering Firm Behind ‘Sydney Opera House’ Loses  Million To Deepfake Scam

Arup, a British engineering giant, fell victim to a sophisticated deepfake scam. An employee, duped by an AI-generated video call, unknowingly transferred HK$200 million (£20 million / $25 million) to criminals. Back in February, Hong Kong police revealed a case in which a worker at an undisclosed company fell victim to a hoax call. “Posing … Read more

Pakistanis Trapped in Cambodia’s China-Run Cyber Slave Ring Targeting US

Pakistanis Trapped in Cambodia’s China-Run Cyber Slave Ring Targeting US

Survivors of cyber slavery in South Asia have spoken out about the horrific conditions they endured while allegedly being forced to operate online scams from behind barbed wire fences in prison-like buildings. Trafficked by Chinese gangs, Pakistans are forced to scam at least five Americans daily, facing beatings and starvation if they failed – a … Read more

Andy Cohen Lost ‘a Lot of Money’ in Sophisticated Bank Scam

Andy Cohen Lost ‘a Lot of Money’ in Sophisticated Bank Scam

These days, scams are more sophisticated than ever — and Andy Cohen just experienced it firsthand. On a recent episode of his Daddy Diaries podcast, the 55-year-old Radio Andy host opened up about recently being the victim of a scam, which began with an email from what appeared to be his bank’s fraud alert system. … Read more