US EditionWoman’s Bank Account Emptied in New Scam
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Woman’s bank account emptied in new scam
The Consumer Council of Fiji has reported a woman has lost all the money in her bank account and had her Facebook account hijacked in a sophisticated scam involving a caller posing as a Fiji Police Force Cybercrime Unit officer. The woman was told that her mobile number had been mistakenly flagged in a government database. The caller, claiming to be from the Cybercrime Unit, insisted that she needed to provide her personal details to clear her n…
In recent years, scams targeting older adults have increased alarmingly. Under the guise of urgent security alerts, criminals manage to manipulate victims to the point of convincing them to transfer large sums of money without checking the truth of the situation. A report by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns that this type of fraud has become one of the main threats to the savings of older people.The most widespread deceptio…
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