Is Facebook Turning Into a Scammer’s Paradise?
Facebook is being overrun by scam surveys, fake applications and bum links, according a new report by an Internet security firm. And it’s getting worse by the day as scammers figure out clever new ways to trick unsuspecting users. Read Article
Asia
- Immigration Scam: ICA in Singapore warns of phone callers impersonating it’s officers
- Singapore: Father loses thousands in kidnapped son scam
- Sri Lanka: Two women arrested in work visa scam at Bandaranaike Airport
- HCM, Vietnam: Man arrested in Gucci bags smuggling case
- Malaysia: STU warn teachers about credit card scam
Australia
- Australia: Quakers Hill Police seize high quality counterfeit DVDs
- Australia: Love scam victims in Gascoyne lose millions of dollars online
- Australia: Millions of counterfeit DVDs seized by New South Wales Police
- Australia: Braybrook man arrested in counterfeit money making operation
- Australia: Teens fall victim to online credit scam managed by black-market drug stores
Brazil
California
- Former California high school teacher jailed over fake Facebook sex scam
- California: Custom agents seize two shipments of counterfeit toasters
- San Francisco: Defendant pleads guilty in Contra Costa college aid scam
- California: Hamilton Police seize counterfeit goods, arrest two involved
- Hercules, California: Counterfeit cash leads police to stolen mail, 5 arrested
Canada
- Counterfeit drugs scandal: Canadian online pharmaceutical company lays off hundreds
- Canada: 75-year old Saskatoon woman loses thousands to diversion theft scam
- Canada: Vancouver man arrested for selling counterfeit airbags on eBay
- Ontario, Canada: traffic stop leads to seizure of 3,000 counterfeit cigarettes
- Canada: Laval woman loses $42,000 in online dating scam
China
- Phone Scam: Chinese criminals turn counterfeit iPhones into real ones
- Ghana Immigration Service: 29 Chinese with fake visas repatriated
- Shanghai, China: 3 arrested for selling counterfeit Japanese Evisu jeans
- China: counterfeit walnuts sold in Guangzhou
- Beijing: Two brothers accused of creating software to sell counterfeit train tickets
Computer Crimes
- Dutch Police Seize Hiddent Market Place Utopia
- Israel face coordinated cyber attack launched by Anonymous and other hacking groups
- Canada: Vancouver man arrested for selling counterfeit airbags on eBay
- IDC: 33% of Microsoft software is counterfeit
- United States: digital technology boom makes counterfeiting money much easier
Corruption / Bribery
- New York lawyer pleads guilty in alleged immigration scam
- India: Authorities seize thousands of counterfeit amoxicillin tablets at public hospitals
- Oil Import Scam: Pakistani Government to punish many officials involved
- Milan, Italy: State mafia informant arrested for running credit card scam
- Louisville, Kentucky: women’s clinic owner faces health care fraud charges
Counterfeit
- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: State Revenue Service seize thousands of counterfeit alcohol bottles
- Counterfeit silver jewelry items difficult to identify
- U.K.: Smokers turn to counterfeit tobacco smuggled from eastern European countries
- Ghana: Millions of counterfeit condoms imported from China seized by authorities
- Europe: Counterfeit cigarette trade on the rise again
Counterfeit Clothes
- HCM, Vietnam: Man arrested in Gucci bags smuggling case
- New Jersey: Passaic Police seize counterfeit designer clothing, arrest three business owners
- Rock Hill, SC: man arrested for possession of counterfeit shoes, DVDs
- Shanghai, China: 3 arrested for selling counterfeit Japanese Evisu jeans
- New Orleans: Kenner merchant faces 10 years in prison for trafficking counterfeit NFL jerseys
Counterfeit Currency
- Pennsylvania: man and woman arrested for passing counterfeit bills at Sands Casino
- Ohio: Grove City Police arrest man for printing, passing counterfeit bills
- U.S.: Secret service investigates Orlando woman’s counterfeit money case
- Maryland: Duo charged with passing counterfeit bills at Ocean City Beach
- Virginia: Mount Vernon Police warn of counterfeit $20s in circulation
Counterfeit Drugs
- Counterfeit drugs scandal: Canadian online pharmaceutical company lays off hundreds
- Chicago: Pharmacist charged for allegedly trafficking counterfeit Viagra pills
- India: Authorities seize thousands of counterfeit amoxicillin tablets at public hospitals
- Africa: Counterfeit medicines cause hundreds of thousands of patients to die each year
- Health Alert: 90% of non-prescription Viagra pills sold online in 2012 were counterfeit
Counterfeit ID's
- Beirut, Lebanon: Man arrested for selling counterfeit immigration documents
- Belgium: 17-year-old teen arrested in Brussels with counterfeit medical certificates, euros
- Tunisia: Jihadist arrested at airport after being deported from Egypt on counterfeit passport charges
- Sunyani, Ghana: 16 arrested for possessing counterfeit diploma certificates
- U.K: Three men get 22 years in jail for fake college scam to grant visas to bogus students
Craigslist Scam
- Worcester, Massachusetts: man charged with fraud in Craigslist scam
- Craigslist scam: Man arrested in Florida for buying concert tickets with counterfeit bills
- Pennsylvania: Bethlehem teen uses counterfeit bills to buy phone off Craigslist
- Craigslist job scam victims robbed in Mexico
- Kansas: Wichita man loses $13,000 to Craigslist scam
Credit Card Scam
- Phishing Scam: Symantec warns of fake credit card websites gathering personal information
- Malaysia: STU warn teachers about credit card scam
- Milan, Italy: State mafia informant arrested for running credit card scam
- New York police arrest 4 involved in debit card scheme
- Australia: Teens fall victim to online credit scam managed by black-market drug stores
Crime
- Lebanon: Security Forces arrest 85 suspects for multiple criminal charges
- Saudi Arabia: Al-Hasa police arrest 64 suspects on many counterfeit, fraud charges
- Abu Dhabi: Asian man arrested for trying to enter the country illegally
- Minnesota: man faces 10 years in prison for smuggling ammunitions to Ukraine
- Saudi Foreign Ministry: new biometric centers to crack down on fake visas
Donation Scam
- Charlotte, North Carolina: Man accused of running cancer charity scam
- Singapore Red Cross warns about donation scam
- MoneyGram warns consumers about charity scam during this tax season
- California: Camarillo police warn of “Boy’s and Girl’s Club”coupon book scam
- Man arrested over dead wife scam in Coudersport, Pennsylvania
Drug Activity
- Lebanon: Security Forces arrest 85 suspects for multiple criminal charges
- New York /Pennsylvania: 49 arrested including Manhattan doctor in painkiller-smuggling operation
- Mexico City airport: Colombian man arrested for trying to smuggle Cocaine
- Beirut: Lebanese airport security thwart attempts to smuggle drugs, counterfeit money
- Georgetown, Guyana: authorities bust largest Cocaine shipment set to the Netherlands
Employment Scam
Europe
- Dutch Police Seize Hiddent Market Place Utopia
- U.K.: Smokers turn to counterfeit tobacco smuggled from eastern European countries
- Belgium: 17-year-old teen arrested in Brussels with counterfeit medical certificates, euros
- Husband & wife fall victim to car rental scam during vacation in Germany
- Italy: Thousands of counterfeit jewelry pieces seized at Piedmont stores
Eygpt
- Egypt: 29 million counterfeit Cleopatra cigarettes seized at Port Said
- Cairo, Egypt: gang members arrested in police impersonation scam
- Travel scam: travel company owner sentenced to 11 years in Cairo prison
- Smuggling tunnels to Egypt to be closed at Rafah crossing due to safety standards
- Egypt, 50 pound note trick scam
Financial Scam
- San Francisco: Defendant pleads guilty in Contra Costa college aid scam
- Mount Laurel, New Jersey: local woman falls victim to phone, lottery scam
- Scam Alert: Irish police warn Waterford residents of grandparent scam
- New York: Former Long Island Railroad conductor pleads guilty in disability scam
- Email Scam: North Carolina law firm lose thousands in overseas phishing scam
Florida
- Florida: senior citizens losing millions of dollars to Jamaica-based lottery scam
- New York: Florida billionaire scores $12 million victory in counterfeit wine lawsuit
- Florida: Tampa police looking for police impersonator involved in elderly scam
- Daytona Beach, Florida: Father and son arrested in large food stamp scam
- Florida: Thousands of counterfeit DVDs seized by authority in Polk county
Gold Scam
- Greece: German national arrested trying to smuggle gold at Athens Airport
- India customs officials: lenient laws behind the increase in gold smuggling
- Manas airport, kyrgyzstan: passenger arrested trying to smuggle jewellery items to Istanbul
- Ottawa: 44-year-old woman sentenced to 3 years in counterfeit jewellery scam
- Bay City, Michigan: police investigate attempted sale cases of counterfeit silver, gold
Health
- Lagos, Nigeria: Fake doctor arrested in medical scheme
- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: State Revenue Service seize thousands of counterfeit alcohol bottles
- Philippines: High concerns over the use of counterfeit pesticides on Vietnamese rice
- Ghana: Millions of counterfeit condoms imported from China seized by authorities
- New York: Long Island woman indicted in cancer scam to support heroin addiction
Human Smuggling
- U.K.: Councils warn parents of truancy scam
- Beirut, Lebanon: Man arrested for selling counterfeit immigration documents
- Birmingham, England: husband and wife plead guilty in immigration scam
- Abu Dhabi: Asian man arrested for trying to enter the country illegally
- Texas: 23-year-old man in Houston pleads guilty to immigrant smuggling
Identity Theft
- Beirut, Lebanon: Man arrested for selling counterfeit immigration documents
- Saudi Arabia: Officials warn business owners about counterfeit credit cards
- Los Angeles: Florida man used son’s identity to get passport, faces federal charges
- New York police arrest 4 involved in debit card scheme
- Germany: corrupt Lebanese embassy employees in Berlin accused of forgery
Illinois
Insurance Scam
- Famous rapper accused of insurance scam regarding $1.8 million lost watch
- Insurance scam: Innocent U.K woman loses her life in staged car collision scam
- Sheffield, UK: 5 men charged with insurance fraud
- Harrow, London: four men sentenced in fraudulent insurance claims
- South Africa: two arrested borrowing corpses to commit life insurance scam
Intelligence
- U.S.: Secret service investigates Orlando woman’s counterfeit money case
- Israel face coordinated cyber attack launched by Anonymous and other hacking groups
- Melbourne, Australia: gambler hacked Crown’s Casino surveillance system wins $33.2 million
- Florence: fugitive arrested by Italian authorities on U.S fraud charges
Internet
- Former California high school teacher jailed over fake Facebook sex scam
- Charity Scam Alert: Fake websites emerge after the Boston Marathon Bombings
- Internet Scam: London Police arrest two involved, seize digital equipment
- Health Alert: 90% of non-prescription Viagra pills sold online in 2012 were counterfeit
- Beware the Google Glass pre-order scam
Latin America News
- Lebanon: Airport security in Beirut seize illegal “Captagon” pills
- California: Temecula Police arrest duo involved in property scam
- Bristol, England: two men sentenced for passing counterfeit bills
- Madagascar: Thai smuggler caught with endangered species in bag
- Iowa Police: debit card scam phone calls reported in Buena Vista
Medical Scam
- Lagos, Nigeria: Fake doctor arrested in medical scheme
- Counterfeit drugs scandal: Canadian online pharmaceutical company lays off hundreds
- Ghana: Millions of counterfeit condoms imported from China seized by authorities
- Chicago: Pharmacist charged for allegedly trafficking counterfeit Viagra pills
- India: Authorities seize thousands of counterfeit amoxicillin tablets at public hospitals
Money Laundering
- Moscow: Khamovniki District Court overstated money laundering claims against YUKOS former Ceo
- Romania:Chinese goods seized by authorities in tax evasion scandal
- Romania: Politician wanted for money laundering and human trafficking flees country
- Romania: businessmen arrested for money laundering
- Thailand, two Russians arrested for money laundering
New Jersey
- Mount Laurel, New Jersey: local woman falls victim to phone, lottery scam
- New Jersey: Passaic Police seize counterfeit designer clothing, arrest three business owners
- Phillipsburg, New Jersey: man sentenced to prison in Target stores bar-code scam
- New Jersey: man gets 7 years for selling counterfeit green card IDs
- New Jersey: two men arrested for possessing and distributing 9000 counterfeit Viagra pills
New York
- New York: Florida billionaire scores $12 million victory in counterfeit wine lawsuit
- New York: Long Island woman indicted in cancer scam to support heroin addiction
- New York: Former Long Island Railroad conductor pleads guilty in disability scam
- Plainview, New York: Dentist jailed for engagement in Medicaid scam
- Long Island, N.Y: Five charged with importing, selling Chinese counterfeit products
North Carolina
- North Carolina: 21-year-old Greenville counterfeit money suspect arrested
- Email Scam: North Carolina law firm lose thousands in overseas phishing scam
- Charlotte, North Carolina: Man accused of running cancer charity scam
- Cary, N.C: Hundreds of counterfeit gun parts seized by Homeland Security agents
- North Carolina: BBB warning residents about American Airways mail scam
Oil
- Oil-Well scam: Indiana man charged for selling unregistered investments
- Oil Import Scam: Pakistani Government to punish many officials involved
- Paris: Charles Pasqua denied any fraud involvement in Iraq’s “oil-for-food” program
- Islamabad: former chief of oil authority ready to surrender in large rupee scam
Organized Crime
- Europe: Counterfeit cigarette trade on the rise again
- London: Criminal gangs selling counterfeit goods at Eastgate market
- Israel face coordinated cyber attack launched by Anonymous and other hacking groups
- Corpus Christi, Texas: 7 locals plead guilty to selling, counterfeiting high quality DVDs
- Hercules, California: Counterfeit cash leads police to stolen mail, 5 arrested
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania: man and woman arrested for passing counterfeit bills at Sands Casino
- Pennsylvania: Police investigate counterfeit money incident at Wrightstown gas station
- Scam Alert: Pennsylvania officials warn residents of utility scam
- Pennsylvania State football recruit arrested in counterfeit cash scheme
- Pennsylvania: Bethlehem teen uses counterfeit bills to buy phone off Craigslist
Philippines
- Philippines: High concerns over the use of counterfeit pesticides on Vietnamese rice
- Quezon, Philippines: Investment scam leader’s wife arrested in police operation
- Pasay, Philippines: 7 arrested on counterfeit money charges in police undercover operation
- Philippines: 44 store owners in Manila charged with selling fake products
- Philippines, police extort laptops from German tourist in scam
Phone Scam
- Wisconsin officials warn of possible phone scam
- Immigration Scam: ICA in Singapore warns of phone callers impersonating it’s officers
- Beware of “Jamaican” phone scam
- Mount Laurel, New Jersey: local woman falls victim to phone, lottery scam
- Arkansas: Columbia County police warn locals about new phone scam
Police/Military Activity
- Saudi Arabia: Al-Hasa police arrest 64 suspects on many counterfeit, fraud charges
- Wisconsin: Waukesha police warn of counterfeit bills in circulation
- India customs officials: lenient laws behind the increase in gold smuggling
- England: Northamptonshire police raid 5 houses and seize counterfeit cash, gun
- India: non- magnetic metal detectors to be installed at 3 airports to eliminate gold smuggling activities
Real Estate Scam
- U.K.: Hundreds of Investors Caught up in Land Scam Deal for the World Cup
- Bakersfield, California: Couple fall victim to an apartment rental scam
- London: landlord sentenced after pleading guilty to online listing scam
- Southwark, England: 4 fraudsters jailed for up to 7 years over land scam
- Los Banos, California: 2 arrested for running receipt scam from van
Romance Scam
- Australia: Love scam victims in Gascoyne lose millions of dollars online
- Canada: Laval woman loses $42,000 in online dating scam
- Bangkok, Thailand: 4 arrested for online romance scam
- Missoula, Montana: 57 years old man loses $23,000 to “Catfishing” scammer
- United States: Over 5,000 internet love/romance scams reported in 2011
Scam
- Immigration Scam in U.K., Nepali man sentence to prison
- Tax Scam: Connecticut taxman warn the public of fake tax preparers
- Florida: senior citizens losing millions of dollars to Jamaica-based lottery scam
- U.K.: Banking company accused in online car sale scam
- Federal agents investigate multimillion-dollar scam concerning NFL and NBA players
Social Issues
South Carolina
- Rock Hill, SC: man arrested for possession of counterfeit shoes, DVDs
- Dillon, South Carolina: 2 men sentenced on counterfeit checks charges
- Kershaw, South Carolina: man charged for trafficking counterfeit trademark logos
- Utah company, Charleston site owners violated law in fake golf clubs case, federal jury decides
Telephone Scam
Terrorism
Texas
- Corpus Christi, Texas: 7 locals plead guilty to selling, counterfeiting high quality DVDs
- Texas: 23-year-old man in Houston pleads guilty to immigrant smuggling
- Texas: 3 indicted for involvement in Social Security disability scam
- Texas: Arlington police seize more than 600 DVDs
- Houston: two police officers accused of helping smuggle cocaine
TRAVEL
- Greece: German national arrested trying to smuggle gold at Athens Airport
- Thailand: Tourist Police promoting smartphone application as a safety tool
- Germany: Justin Bieber accused of smuggling pet monkey
- Mexico City airport: Colombian man arrested for trying to smuggle Cocaine
- Gatwick Airport, London: Russian millionaire arrested for traveling with fake passport
Travel Scam
- Husband & wife fall victim to car rental scam during vacation in Germany
- Thailand: Tourist Police promoting smartphone application as a safety tool
- London: two U.K nationals expect prison sentences for taxi firm scam
- Travel Scam: beware of “Delta round-trip” flight confirmation email
- North Carolina: BBB warning residents about American Airways mail scam
United Kingdom
- U.K.: Hundreds of Investors Caught up in Land Scam Deal for the World Cup
- Immigration Scam in U.K., Nepali man sentence to prison
- U.K.: Banking company accused in online car sale scam
- U.K.: Councils warn parents of truancy scam
- U.K.: Smokers turn to counterfeit tobacco smuggled from eastern European countries
United States
- Travel Club Scam ordered to pay victims in Wisconsin
- Tax Scam: Connecticut taxman warn the public of fake tax preparers
- Federal agents investigate multimillion-dollar scam concerning NFL and NBA players
- Wisconsin officials warn of possible phone scam
- Ohio: Grove City Police arrest man for printing, passing counterfeit bills
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