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Scammers fleece Australians out of $90 mln

Agence France-PresseJune 17, 2013 07:00
Australians were fleeced out of more than Aus$93 million (US$90 million) last year by scammers, and officials Monday said they believe it was just the tip of the iceberg. The money people lost was up nine percent on the previous year with a big jump in online shopping scams, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said in a new report. The biggest fraud was people being asked to pay to access a share in a sum of money they are told they are owed, with gullible Australians handing over more than Aus$30 million.

Google says it stopped attempts to hack tens of thousands of Iranian users on eve of election

The Canadian PressJune 13, 2013 01:30
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google said Wednesday that it has discovered and stopped a series of attempts to hack the accounts of tens of thousands of Iranian users in what the company believes is an attempt to influence the country's upcoming election. "For almost three weeks, we have detected and disrupted multiple email-based phishing campaigns," Eric Grosse, the vice-president for security engineering, wrote in a post on the company's blog.

Google warns of password-stealing campaign in Iran

Agence France-PresseJune 12, 2013 21:31
Google on Wednesday said that it has been battling what appeared to be politically targeted efforts to steal the passwords of tens of thousands of account holders in Iran. "The timing and targeting of the campaigns suggest that the attacks are politically motivated in connection with the Iranian presidential election on Friday," Google vice president of security engineering Eric Grosse said in a blog post. "These campaigns, which originate from within Iran, represent a significant jump in the overall volume of phishing activity in the region."

Jamaican-based lottery swindlers target Florida seniors

March 8, 2013 19:15
* Congress to hold a hearing on lottery scams March 13 * Jamaica-based scam uses aggressive drug dealer tactics By David Adams MIAMI, March 8 (Reuters) - Florida's senior citizens are falling victim to a Jamaica-based lottery scam that is spreading across the United States, often involving former drug traffickers drawn by the ease of the lucrative crime, U.S. law enforcement officials say.

Nigeria busts fake navy recruitment gang

February 12, 2013 10:45
Nigerian police have arrested three members of a criminal gang accused of fleecing unsuspecting job seekers with a promise to recruit them into the navy, authorities said Tuesday. Police spokesman Frank Mba said in a statement that the three suspects, led by a dismissed navy staffer, were arrested last week in a hotel in the central town of Makurdi based on a tipoff. "At the time of their arrest, 11 people already hoodwinked into believing they were on the verge of being recruited into the Nigerian navy were found with them," he said.
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