BUT INSTEAD THEY GET SMUGGLED FROM THERE INTO WHAT REALLY CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS SCAM COMPOUNDS LIKE ENTIRE BUILDINGS BUILT AND DEDICATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ONLINE SCAMMING RIGHT ACROSS THE ...

Unfortunately, law enforcement agencies aren't usually helpful when it comes to getting recourse for online scams, even when large sums of money are involved. That's why it's important to stay ...

With online scam incidents on the rise worldwide, it's hardly surprising the 2025 edition of Safer Internet Day seeks to equip internet users with tips on how to avoid falling victim to scams.

That's up from about 1,300 in 2020. Such thefts can be especially ... "We'd all like to believe we could spot an online scam a mile away," the National Council of Aging wrote this year.

“Romance scams are an epidemic. They prey on people from all walks of life. The scams typically originate via text, social ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of RM3.2bil has been lost to online scams between 2020 and 2023, says Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reforms) M. Kulasegaran.

There is just one snag: the prevalence of online shopping scams. Unfortunately, Black Friday and other shopping holidays are "especially enticing for scammers because people are already primed for ...

While numerous scams plague popular online marketplaces ... the number of cases increased from 3,512 in 2019 to 5,850 in 2020. This upward trend continued, with 9,545 cases in 2021 and 9,258 ...

Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar BANGKOK -- Some 260 ...

More and more these days, that first spark begins with connections made on digital devices — but not all online romances are ... Cezary Podkul about how these scams work and who they target.