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EFCC alerts public to emerging threat of ritual killings, banditry by internet fraudsters

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola…
Respected Aboriginal leader Nathan Moran (pictured) says 'Kinship Councils' will stop Australians with no genuine ties to Aboriginal culture from speaking for Indigenous people

Aboriginal leader’s bold new plan to stop fraudsters from falsely claiming to be Indigenous

By Steve Williams For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:25 EDT, 1 November…
Alison Smyth (pictured), from Adelaide, thought about ending her life after alleged fraudsters took advantage of her desire to make more money so she could move her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's, into a nursing home

David Koch issues warning after two Aussie women lost hundreds of thousands of their hard-earned savings after they were conned by online fraudsters

An Australian woman who lost over $250,000 to a sophisticated scam using…
Veteran BBC presenter Peter Levy has revealed he fell for a banking scam in February (pictured on Look North as he interviewed West End actor and dancer Liam Mower last month)

BBC presenter reveals he has been scammed out of half of his life savings as he warns listeners to beware of bank fraudsters

A veteran BBC presenter says he has been scammed out of half…
In one known case, a picture of a tradesman's van had been lifted from his business's social media page

Warning that 'shallowfake' images are the 'next big scam' to hit Britain: Fraudsters are mocking-up pictures of car damage to con insurers – with number of cases surging by 300 PER CENT in a year

Have YOU been a ‘shallowflake’ victim? Email megan.howe@mailonline.co.uk By Matt Strudwick Published:…
Digital neighbourhood watch Neighbourhood Alert (pictured) used by 33 police forces left the personal data of up to 1.3million people at the mercy of hackers and fraudsters

Personal data of 1.3million Brits was left at the mercy of hackers and fraudsters after it was exposed online by a neighbourhood watch scheme used by 33 police forces

Neighbourhood Alert system let users see personal details of anyone signed up By…
Fraudsters murdered elderly man, dumped his body, and moved into his home: Prosecutors

Fraudsters murdered elderly man, dumped his body, and moved into his home: Prosecutors

Prosecutors said that Philip Brewer, left, and Christina Joel Hardy, center, murdered…
Sujanthan Sotheeswaran, 35, was part of a gang of fraudsters who used aliases from TV shows Suits, The Riot Club and Hart to Hart to steal £1m from victims

Fraudsters used aliases from Suits and Hart to Hart to steal £1m from victims in cold-calling Ponzi scheme

A gang of fraudsters used aliases from TV shows Suits, The Riot Club…
Fraudsters created a deep fake ad using Taylor Swift 's likeness in a bid to scam her fans out of money. The AI -generated ad, which had been circulating on Facebook earlier this month, promoted a non-existent giveaway between the popstar and Le Creuset cookware

Taylor Swift is the latest star to be targeted by fraudsters who have created a deep fake advert of her promoting Le Creuset cookware to scam ‘Swifties’ out of money

Fraudsters created a deepfake ad using Taylor Swift’s likeness in a bid to…
Michael Holloway, a 62-year-old real estate agent from New Jersey, was conned out of $500,000

United States of SCAM-ERICA: A staggering 21 million adults were duped into bogus crypto trades and other cons this past year – but do fraudsters have their eyes on YOU?

A staggering 21 million people were duped into fake cryptocurrency schemes and…