Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
EFCC arrests 10 Yahoo-Yahoo ‘Students’ in Abuja: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 10 suspects over computer-related fraud known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ …: “Fraud” – BingNews
Courier scam led pensioner to part with more than £10,000: Scammers persuaded her that she was working with the police to prevent fraud, convincing her to buy more than £10,000 of gold and handing it over to them. The victim was called by someone purporting …: “Fraud” – BingNews
M&T Bank Enlists Point Predictive’s Powerful Outsourced Fraud Mitigation to Keep Auto Loan Risk at Bay: Point Predictive, the San Diego-based company that provides machine learning solutions to the lending industry, today announced that M&T Bank has adopted the companys Outsourced Fraud Mitigation (OFM) …: “Fraud” – BingNews
Nokia and Hiya Successfully Test Europe’s First Cloud-based VoLTE Network Integration for Call Protection: Hiya, the leading call performance management cloud, announced that its real-time spam and fraud detection service Hiya Protect has been successfully tested by Nokias cloud-native Telephony …: “Fraud” – BingNews
Myanmar military denies claims it was threatening a coup: Myanmar´s military on Saturday denied that controversial statements by its chief were meant as a threat to stage a coup, …: “Fraud” – BingNews
The digital scams you need to be aware of across Derbyshire: Every year people in the UK lose millions of pounds to digital scams. With the rise of technology, the methods used by fraudsters have become increasingly widespread and sophisticated. While some …: “Fraud” – BingNews
Lawyer caught on Zoom stripping naked and having sex during hearing is slammed by judge: Hector Paredes Robles was the defence lawyer in a land trafficking, fraud and extortion case when he was spotted have sex with a woman on a live video call …: “Fraud” – BingNews
Tuffley resident conned into handing over money by fake police officer: Gloucestershire Police have issued a warning after a Tuffley resident was conned into handing over a large sum of money to a bogus courier who called at their house. It followed a phone call from a …: “Fraud” – BingNews
Police make five arrests in puppy sale crackdown across Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffs: Police officers have arrested three men and two women as part of a crackdown into ‘cruel’ puppy sales across Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire. Working with the RSPCA police …: “Fraud” – BingNews
Police warn Carmarthenshire residents over latest doorstep scam: SCAMMERS are continuing to target people in new ways, with victims now being asked to buy gold to hand to a courier working for the police.: “Fraud” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Document Forgery – The creation of fake documents be they financial or related to a company’s services or to the government. These are still taking place and have been used in situations such as tax evasion, account opening and increasing credit score.