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Phishing Scam: Symantec warns of fake credit card websites gathering personal information

moe — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:55:57 +0000

As reported by V3.co.uk Symantec has uncovered a cyber scam duping victims into handing over their financial information using a bogus security guidance web page. The security firm reported uncovering the phishing scam in a blog post on Wednesday. The scam targets its victims using a bogus message masquerading as a security alert from a legitimate, unnamed credit card service provider. Read Article

Malaysia: STU warn teachers about credit card scam

moe — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:56:02 +0000

According to Theborneopost.com Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) raised the red flag yesterday calling on members and teachers to be alert on a credit card scam to avoid falling victims. STU secretary-general Yong Ing Thung was commenting on the news report where more than 100 teachers from seven primary and secondary schools here lodged police reports after falling prey to the scam. Yong also urged the bank concerned to seriously look into the matter to prevent more members of the public falling for the trick. Read Article

Milan, Italy: State mafia informant arrested for running credit card scam

moe — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:04:33 +0000

As reported by Lifeinitaly.com a mafia informant with a State salary and accommodation was apprehended in northern Italy on Thursday for allegedly running a credit-card racket. Read Article

New York police arrest 4 involved in debit card scheme

moe — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:33:05 +0000

According to Abclocal.go.com, police have caught four people they say stole more than $300,000 in a fake debit card scheme. Two of the men were caught at separate Manhattan banks, withdrawing money from flagged accounts on Thursday. Read Article

Australia: Teens fall victim to online credit scam managed by black-market drug stores

moe — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:42:57 +0000

According to Perthnow.com.au, thousands of young Aussie thrill-seekers are increasingly buying cocaine and ecstasy from an international black-market website specializing in home-delivery drugs. Read Article

United Arab Emirates: victims losing call credits to phone scammers

moe — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:23:11 +0000

Emirates247.com reported that after mobile phone texts lying to victims that they have won large cash prizes, a new phone scam appears to have just surfaced in the UAE.Several victims say they receive brief calls and when they call back, they hear obscene voices before discovering that part of their call credit has gone. Read Article

Major arrests in global credit card scam

admin — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 05:41:36 +0000

A two-year FBI sting operation aimed at cyber-thieves netted 24 arrests, including one in Albuquerque, this week, according to federal officials. Sean Harper, 23, was arrested Tuesday in Albuquerque on one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, according to court papers filed in New York. If convicted, he could face up to 7½ years in prison. Read Article

Thai Police arrest Lithuanian gang member on credit card fraud

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:40:55 +0000

Thailandnews.co reported, Chon Buri police arrested a Lithuanian man for allegedly forging credit cards, with his gang being suspected of having caused Bt10 million in losses.Police said the suspect, Antanas Chmieliauskas, 24, was a member of the gang, which used fake credit cards to buy goods, especially gold ornaments from gold shops in Pattaya. Read Article

Thailand, five arrested in phone scam operation based in Taiwan

admin — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:15:37 +0000

Police on Friday arrested four suspects in relation to a call centre scam, deceiving victims in Thailand to transfer money to them with more than 50 people falling victim to the gang, according to Central Investigation Bureau deputy chief Pol Maj Gen Panya Mamen. Gen Panya said that Tan Chen Hang, 29, a Malaysian, and four Thais were arrested at an apartment in Khlong Nueng subdistrict in Pathum Thani’s Khlong Luang district. Read Article

ONE in four people has fallen victim to credit card fraud across Britain

admin — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:30:58 +0000

ONE in four people has fallen victim to credit card fraud across Britain, with Edinburgh and Glasgow both hotspots for the crime.
Experts are growing increasingly concerned about the sophisticated techniques used by fraud gangs, with card crime costing the UK £440 million a year and a third of victims not even realising they have been targeted. Read Article