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16 Jan

Australian woman loses $305,000 in #romance #scam

Scammers continue to pose as American soldiers. In a terrible recent romance scam, a 34-year-old woman from Brisbane, Australia lost AU$305,000 (US$220,210) to a man posing as a US soldier. The con man, Cosmos Emeh, 32, claimed to be deployed...
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10 Jan

#Romance #scam warning for North Yorkshire’s online #daters

People searching for love online in 2019 are being warned to keep a sharp eye out for scamsters who promise a happy ever after. The warning, from North Yorkshire Police’s community messaging service, said: “It is a sad fact that...
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2 Oct

OFW loses P600,000 in #Facebook #romance #scam

For an overseas Filipino worker, what started as infatuation on Facebook ended with extortion. MANILA, Philippines – One overseas Filipino worker learned the hard way that love can result in so much loss when it does not work out. Over...
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18 Aug

Widow loses RM27,050 in #Facebook #love #scam

The woman, surnamed Lau was acquainted with a man purportedly called Junho Lee from the United States via Facebook several months ago. After exchanging messages, the man promised her expensive jewellery and gifts. On Aug 13, she was said to...
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14 Aug

Online ‘#love’ #scam leaves many SA women #brokenhearted – and broke

Pretoria – An online love scam is said to have generated hundreds of thousands of rand from lonely, unsuspecting women, money which may now find itself in the public purse. Many women paid all the money they had to men...
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13 Aug

Woman loses $1M after falling #victim to #online #dating #scam

SARASOTA, FL (WWSB/RNN) – “This was intimate, love, details, dreaming, so so deep,” said Pamela Viles, the victim of an online dating scam. It’s a sobering realization for Viles. She recently learned the man she’s been texting daily, and calling twice...
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22 May

SAPS #warns about #online #dating #scam

Police in Pretoria have warned of an increase in reported incidents of crimes related to internet dating. Often victims meet their online dates at private locations where they are then assaulted, robbed of their goods such as cell phones and...
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8 May

Two Romanian Hackers Extradited to the U.S. Over $18 Million Vishing Scam

Two Romanian hackers have been extradited to the United States to face 31 criminal charges including computer fraud and abuse, wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Described as “international computer hackers” by the United States Department of...
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14 Apr

New #tax scam #targeting preparers #tricks #clients with #fraudulent #returns

When tax preparer Annette Kraft in Duncan, Oklahoma, checked the status of her clients’ tax returns in January, she was surprised to find all of them had been rejected. “The code was 902-01,” she said. “That means someone else has...
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19 Feb

Online #Sextortion #Scam Targets Those Looking For #Love And #Ends In #Blackmail

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (localmemphis.com) – On this Valentine’s Day, looking for love online could leave you the victim of a growing scam. An online dating scam is spreading across the country, including here in Memphis, and bilking victims out of tens of...
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