fraud

Investigators and cyber police found that the criminal scheme to gain access to bank accounts of citizens was implemented by young men aged 16 and 17 years. To do this, they used phishing links that were distributed in social network chats. Among those deceived are residents of different...

By handling large sums of money, banks attract the attention of criminals. Fraudsters are becoming more and more creative, they create “financial bubbles”, organize phishing to steal user data, and send SMS messages. Accordingly, financial institutions must be proactive and adopt new...

Aren't credit cards bliss? However, carding is the complete opposite of this. Speaking of the convenience of credit cards that we are blessed with, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, more than 175 million Americans own credit cards. Amazing, right? Everything is just a swipe...

In the criminal world of digital scammers involved in theft of money and data from bank cards, their own slang (jargon), concepts and entire schemes for interaction with various services have developed, published on closed and even completely public thematic forums. A little about the dictionary...

Many people have paid for online purchases with a bank card at least once. Moreover, if before the coronavirus pandemic this was only one of the opportunities to get the desired product, today using a card is a much more pressing need. And some are so accustomed to new technologies that they...

Many people have paid at least once with a bank card in online stores. We are so accustomed to new technologies that we don’t hesitate to make online purchases. Running out of food? Can be ordered. No shampoos? Online order. Want to update your wardrobe? One more order! With this approach, there...

The US Treasury Department has accused Bill Guan, CFO of the international media company Epoch Times, of organizing a scheme to launder at least $67 million of illegally obtained funds through cryptocurrencies. According to the case file, from 2020 to May 2024, Guan created the Make Money...

85-year-old David Kagel, a former lawyer from California, admitted his role in creating a $9.5 million cryptocurrency fraud scheme. A year ago, David Kagel was expelled from the California Bar Association. Therefore, he decided to make money in another way ― using his "reputation as an...

Modern technologies such as EMV, 3D-Secure, fingerprint scanning were designed to secure payments and, if not eliminate, then significantly reduce the number of illegal card transactions. But, as research shows, these measures provide only temporary “relief”, because scammers quickly find new...

Another scenario of fraud using plastic bank cards. The most vulnerable are Sberbank cards suitable for payments on the Internet - starting from Visa Classic and MasterCard Standard. Owners of “salary” Maestro and other Momentum are not subject to this technique. A small educational program 1...

An article from November 2015 described the situation with a relatively new type of fraud, with the help of which criminals stole money from bank accounts: Hackers invented a new scheme for stealing money, stealing 250 million rubles. How exactly the fraud occurred, briefly: The criminal...

A new type of credit card reader (skimmer) has been discovered in Europe. This is reported in his blog by security specialist Brian Krebs, who received information from the European ATM Security Team, a non-profit organization dealing with ATM security issues. Instead of classic overlay...

Cybercriminals use multiaccounts to deceive bookmakers and make large profits. In the first quarter of 2024, the information security company F. A. C. C. T. prevented fraudulent activity of more than 3,000 multi-user accounts in betting companies. Cybercriminals who control 5-10 accounts each...

It looks like the scammer used something like this attachment on the terminal. Technologies are moving forward very quickly now. This is noticeable in any area, including financial. In the vast majority of stores you can pay by card. With the same card you can withdraw money from an ATM, or pay...

Not long ago, imprinters (handheld card readers) were the norm at checkout counters. The buyer waited while the cashier used this bulky device to take down the card information and place the order. Today we have contactless payments, and with them it is much easier and faster to pay for...

The investigative unit for the investigation of organized criminal activities of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug established that crimes were committed on the territory of correctional institutions of the Ulyanovsk...

This time the malware went far beyond Latin America… The hacker group behind the Grandoreiro banking Trojan for Windows has resumed its global campaign since March 2024, following a law enforcement operation to dismantle its infrastructure in January. According to IBM X-Force, large-scale...

How to avoid scammers and what to do if you were scammed. Easy money on the Internet is almost always a scam. Pyramid schemes, online casinos, beauties from a dating site that promise to earn money on cryptocurrency, iPhones at half price, sites with free music or movies — all this is a chance...

The Civil Guard has arrested 30 people in different regions of Spain suspected of defrauding victims from different countries, including Portugal, of more than a million euros, using a scheme commonly known as "man in the middle". Among those arrested are two leaders of a criminal organization...

The investigative unit of the Main Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Territory has completed the investigation of a criminal case initiated on the grounds of crimes under hh. 1 and 2 of Article 210 and...