Risk, Fraud & Security
Three Arrested in Toronto after First SMS Blaster Detected in North America
Dafeng Lin, Junmin Shi and Weitong Hu have been charged with 44 offenses in total.
Kazakhstan Becomes First CIS Country to Arrest SMS Blaster Gang
Mobile operator Tele2 helped the authorities to locate the rogue base station.
Brazilian Authorities Find Another SMS Blaster in São Paulo
This is the eighth SMS blaster found in the city since July 2024.
Fake Invoices Lure Victims into Callback Scams
A new report from scamhunter collective Demurrage also explains how US comms providers RingCentral and Bandwidth allow foreign call centers to defraud Americans.
China Takes Lead at Global Fraud Summit
All countries are invited to join an intergovernmental alliance of law enforcement against telecom and cyber fraud, with a permanent secretariat in China.
New Evidence about Microsoft Teams Numbers Used for Scams
A revealing email from Sinch to Microsoft was also accidentally sent to the Demurrage scamhunter collective.
Former Mobileum Execs Charged with Fraud; Accused of Faking Revenues
If found guilty, the former CFO and former Chief of Delivery each face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
Scam SMS Blasters Found Circling Malaysian Resort and Singapore Border Town
Readers may recognize an orange converter used to power one of the rogue base stations, and other similarities with crimes committed around the world.
Scamhunters Blast Microsoft Teams and Sinch over VoIP Numbers for Callback Frauds
The scamhunter group called Demurrage published a comprehensive dossier of evidence they compiled.
Greece Arrests Chinese SMS Blaster Scammers
The scourge of smishing messages sent by rogue base stations is spreading across Europe but national leaders ignore the underlying security threat.
Top US Expert Slams FCC for ‘Intentionally’ Hiding Robocall Crime Statistics
Americans are losing increasing amounts to frauds initiated by phone but the US comms regulator conceals evidence showing how ineffectual its consumer protection strategy really is.
Two Chinese SMS Blaster Scammers Arrested in Serbia
The Serbian government said the criminals belonged to a gang that operates across 'several' European countries.
The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard
Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.
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