Tag: fraud
Vigilante Hacker Spies on Scam Call Center Using Their Own CCTV and Call Recording Systems
Fraudsters in Gurgaon, India, were raided by police after British hacker Jim Browning published recordings of their crimes.
Why We Need the Opposite of Fraud Awareness Week
Public awareness of fraud is what you seek if you are not able or willing to take more effective forms of action.
Kroll Report Says TMT Firms More Likely to Experience Significant Fraud by External Parties
The survey also found that technology, media and telecoms (TMT) businesses suffered less internal fraud.
Study Blames Low Pay for Mobile Money Fraud in Ghana
It was also reported that some Ghanian mobile money operators have a lax control environment from top to bottom.
5 Years in Prison for Telco CEO Who Faked Contracts
The boss of an Alaskan carrier forged signatures to make it seem like she had secured valuable wholesale contracts. Previously she worked in risk management.
China Keeps Extraditing Telecoms Fraudsters
The People's Republic of China extradited scammers from Bangladesh, Cambodia and the Philippines during 2018. Tensions with Taiwan stopped them from extraditing more.
Dominican Pleads Guilty to Telecoms Fraud After Extradition to US
Braulio De la Cruz Vasquez systematically used cloned phones to connect Floridians with expensive Caribbean destinations.
Fraudsters Spoof Phone Number of Chinese Embassy
Criminals are trying to scam money by calling victims and telling them invented stories about kidnappings and accidents.
US Fraud Email Operation Yields 74 Arrests
Business email compromise schemes are not going away, as demonstrated by the number recently arrested by US federal authorities.
Call Replay: Spying or Fraud?
Carriers that replay part of a phone conversation are more likely to be engaging in cynical profiteering than espionage.
Who Commits Fraud: Toerags or Terrorists?
Two different stories about the beneficiaries of fraud reveal how little is really known by either telcos or law enforcement.
Biometrics and MTN: A World of Possibilities
The South African telco will authenticate postpaid subscribers by deploying fingerprint technology in all of their stores.
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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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