Internet scams have increased in Singapore as consumers in the tech-savvy city-state increasingly turn to online shopping, but the overall crime rate fell to a 20-year low, police said Tuesday.
Internet
Feb 7, 2012
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Six Nigerian nationals have been arrested in the Indian city of Mumbai on suspicion of defrauding hundreds of people through text message and spam email scams, police said.
Internet
Jan 3, 2012
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US Internet users are continuing to fall for online scams, especially if the promised prize is a chance at a hip new gadget such as a tablet computer, according to a new study.
Internet
Dec 23, 2011
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(AP) -- A criminal investigation into mortgage swindlers who lured their victims with deceptive online ads is widening.
Internet
Nov 21, 2011
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(AP) -- The federal government has shut down dozens of Internet scam artists who had been paying Google to run ads making bogus promises to help desperate homeowners scrambling to avoid foreclosures.
Internet
Nov 17, 2011
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The two Ukrainian ringleaders of a criminal network which siphoned nearly £3 million from British bank accounts have each been jailed for four years and eight months.
Internet
Nov 1, 2011
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A computer security firm warned on Friday that cybercriminals were attempting to exploit Agence France-Presse photos of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi in an email scam.
Internet
Oct 21, 2011
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New online research led by the University of Leicester reveals that over 200,000 people living in Britain may have fallen victim to online romance scams – far more than had been previously estimated. The study is believed ...
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2011
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The number of arrests linked to online fraud in South Korea, one of the world's most wired countries, increased by more than 50 percent in the past two years, police warned Wednesday.
Internet
Jul 6, 2011
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Police have arrested 36 people in southeast China following an investigation into fraud on e-commerce site Alibaba.com and other websites that duped buyers out of more than $6 million.
Internet
Jul 2, 2011
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