It Almost Got a National TV Reporter: Inside July 2026's Bank and Government Impersonation Wave
A CBS News correspondent spent over an hour on the phone with a fake Bank of America fraud investigator before something snapped him out of it. He was...
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Vietnam Scams 2026: How an Industrialised Fraud Machine Runs Through the Cambodia Compound Nexus
Vietnam sits on both sides of Southeast Asia's fraud economy — a source of victims lured into Cambodian scam compounds and, increasingly, a target mar...
Google's Mid-2026 Fraud Advisory: Four Scam Trends Rewriting the Rules of Online Deception
Google's mid-2026 fraud advisory reads like a field report from the front lines of a $580 billion crime wave. Phishing kits that steal your session co...
'I Couldn't Stop Crying': Ontario Woman Loses $83,000 After Deepfake Mark Carney Videos Push a Crypto Scam
Deborah Friesen was watching craft videos online when an ad appeared: Canada's Prime Minister, on camera, promoting a can't-miss crypto platform. The ...
Stealing From Behind Bars: Inmate Charged With Moving $290,000 in Forfeited Crypto Meant for Fraud Victims
Rossen Iossifov was already serving ten years for laundering the proceeds of a fake-auction ring that defrauded more than 900 Americans. Now the DOJ s...
That Letter About Unclaimed Life Insurance Money? The FTC Says It's a Scam
A letter arrives from a law firm: a client with your last name has died, and you're the heir to a life insurance policy worth millions. The lawyer pro...
Philippines Scams 2026: Fake QR Codes, Love Scam Syndicates, and a ₱280 Billion Problem
Three in four Filipinos have encountered a scam, and most see a new attempt every two days. In 2026 the pressure points are painfully clear: fake QR c...
Operation Global Chain: 1,024 Arrests Expose the Human Supply Chain Behind the World's Scam Centers
INTERPOL's Operation Global Chain arrested 1,024 suspects and identified 2,070 trafficking victims across 59 countries — including a Brazilian network...
Operation First Light 2026: INTERPOL's Biggest Fraud Sweep Yet Nets 5,811 Arrests Across 97 Countries
INTERPOL has announced the results of Operation First Light 2026: 5,811 arrests across 97 countries, $293 million in criminal assets intercepted, 31,0...
Seniors Lost $7.7 Billion to Scams Last Year — and Gold Courier Schemes Are Draining Entire Retirements
New FBI data shows Americans over 60 reported $7.7 billion in fraud losses last year — up 37% in a single year, with an average loss above $38,000. An...
Ireland Scams 2026: Deepfaked Ministers, Fake State Savings Schemes, and a 60,000-Case Fraud Backlog
Investment fraud reports in Ireland jumped more than 20% last year, with over €20 million lost — and the trend is accelerating into 2026, driven by AI...
July 2026 Scam Alerts: Skimmers at the Pump, Fake Utility Calls in a Heat Wave, and the Jury Duty Shakedown
Fraud watchers' July alerts read like a summer playbook: skimming devices spliced into gas pumps and ATMs, fake utility reps threatening to cut your p...
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