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The new scheme of deception is aimed at relatives of the deceased. Fraudulent schemes are gaining momentum on the social network Facebook, offering relatives and friends of the deceased to view live broadcasts of funeral ceremonies. According to an investigation by the 404 Media agency...

The investigative unit of the Main Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Altai Territory has completed the investigation of a criminal case initiated on the fact of fraud and illegal turnover of payment funds, in which two residents...

The investigative unit of the SU of the Department of Internal Affairs for the city of Sochi has completed the investigation of a criminal case initiated on the grounds of crimes provided for in Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. According to the...

In Kabardino-Balkaria, the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Nalchik has completed the investigation of a criminal case against a 20-year-old resident of Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 4 of Article...

According to the investigation, a 63-year-old resident of Zhodino met a foreigner, Michael Stephen, on a social network at the end of August 2021. The woman liked the virtual acquaintance, and for convenience, both decided to continue communicating via messenger. Correspondence became more...

On December 19, 2023, the Almaty District Court sentenced two organizers of P2P transactions to a real term, considering them participants in a fraudulent scheme. This is reported by the Cartesius law agency. The investigation against the defendants began a year and a half ago. According to the...

The problem of identity theft is gaining momentum. Here's how to protect your profile from intruders. Unfortunately, scammers and scammers who use social networks to deceive people are not a new phenomenon. However, recently such cases have become much more frequent. Over the past year, a...

The investigator of the Main Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Stavropol Territory completed the investigation of a criminal case initiated on the grounds of crimes under Part 4 of Art. 159 and part 3 of Art. 30, part 4 art...

In December, attackers attacked twice as often as in November. In December 2023, the Roskomnadzor Antifraud system, designed to block fraudulent calls, prevented more than 120 million calls, which is twice as much as in the previous month,the agency's press service told the media. A system...

The large-scale spread of propaganda for a “rich and carefree” life without the need to work has reached the peak of an increase in the number of crimes related to crypto fraud. Consultants of “affordable luxury” promise citizens easy money in the shortest possible time. Thousands of naive...

The police opened a criminal case against the scammers’ assistant, “dropa,” to whose account the deceived elderly woman transferred 320 thousand rubles, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Krasnodar Territory told RAPSI. It was...

Fake WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram serve as bait for unwary users… Popular mobile messengers such as WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram have long been targeted by cybercriminals. Fraudsters create and distribute malicious copies of these applications, misleading users with phishing mailings on...

"You have a bonus! Open the file for more details." Cofense, a company specializing in electronic security, reports an increase in cases of cyber attacks aimed at stealing the credentials of employees of companies. Attackers use New Year's Eve messages about changes in pension accounts, salary...

Will companies lose trust after advertising, and what does the Overworld game have to do with it? Unknown cybercriminals hacked the official accounts of Netgear and Hyundai MEA in X, which have more than 160,000 subscribers. The purpose of the attack was to spread fraudulent schemes aimed at...

At first everything was the old fashioned way. In mid-December, 60-year-old Mikhail Federovich received a call from an alleged security officer of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. He warned that Mikhail’s account was in danger and the money could be stolen. To be even more convincing...

Two-factor authentication doesn't help if the user doesn't recognize the threat themselves. Researchers from Trustwave have identified another phishing campaign aimed at Instagram users*. This time, scammers are trying to get backup two-factor authentication codes to hack accounts. It all...

A newly discovered malware exploits victims inattention to break into their systems. According to a new report from Malwarebytes, the PikaBot malware downloader is being distributed as part of a malicious Google Ads campaign aimed at users searching the Internet for AnyDesk. Previously, PikaBot...

300% in 45 days and advanced AI tools: how did the perpetrators gain the trust of the victims and what did they spend the money on? David Gilbert Saffron, 51, from Australia, and Vincent Anthony Mazzotta, 52, from Los Angeles, have appeared in court on charges of fraud, money laundering and...

If after such a loud headline you were waiting for some sophisticated fraud scheme, then I hasten to disappoint you — everything was as simple as two fingers on the asphalt. Two young scammers met ordinary students who, as you know, always need money and offered them to issue VTB debit cards for...

But the service's own systems remain intact. According to the latest report from Panda Security, a cybersecurity company, customers of the well-known online booking service Booking.com they are increasingly faced with attacks from scammers. Criminals have developed a sophisticated scheme aimed...