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People targeted by confidence schemes find getting help is a lonely road. Experts want law enforcement, financial, and government institutions to work together and protect them.
Firms cooperating with cybercrime syndicates in Burma and Cambodia face sanctions by the US government and enforcement actions by China, but the scams continue to grow.
The convergence of cybercrime, financial fraud, and organized crime poses a significant threat, especially where these syndicates excel at operating under the radar.
Cheap banking scams are often easier to pull off in a country with older devices, fewer regulations, and experienced fraudsters.
Amateurish financial scams are common across Africa, and Namibia's influential former first lady, Monica Geingos, has emerged as a particularly effective host body for these messages.
Greater collaboration between financial and law enforcement officials is needed to dismantle cybercrime scam centers in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, which rake in tens of billions of dollars annually — and affect victims worldwide.
A top financial entity warned that its brand is being used to spread cyber scams, as fraud efforts persist throughout the country.
The Middle East and Africa region saw a whopping 135% increase in scams over the past year, with finance, telecommunications, and logistics the most-targeted sectors.
A consumer finance journalist and television personality took to Twitter to warn his followers about advertisements using his name and face to scam victims.
Threat actors have created over 3,000 domains, some as old as two years, to lure in customers to false, name brand websites for personal financial gain.
Cybercriminals are co-opting the identities of legitimate US financial advisers to use them as fodder for relationship scams (aka "pig butchering"), which end with the theft of investments.
Prolific online scammer and social media influencer sentenced for bank cyber heists, BEC campaigns, money laundering, and more.