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Pakistani Firm Shipped Fentanyl Analogs, Scams to US

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and Pakistan whose employees are accused of using online ads to scam westerners seeking help with trademarks, book writing, mobile app development and logo designs, a new investigation reveals. asserted last year that certain scam firms in Karachi were impersonating the company. In an indictment (PDF) unsealed last month, the U.S.

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U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams

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government today imposed economic sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc. , a Philippines-based company that provides computer infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of websites involved in virtual currency investment scams known as pig butchering.” Image: Shutterstock, ArtHead. based cloud providers. victim-reported losses.”

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Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

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Last week, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) warned residents to be on the lookout for a new SMS phishing or “smishing” scam targeting users of EZDriveMA , MassDOT’s all electronic tolling program. In October 2023, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about a massive uptick in SMS phishing scams targeting U.S.

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Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions

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government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI. The government says Lizhi was born November 13, 1984, and used the nicknames “ XXL4 ” and “ Nice Lizhi.” government.”

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Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

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The term “pig butchering” refers to a time-tested, heavily scripted, and human-intensive process of using fake profiles on dating apps and social media to lure people into investing in elaborate scams. In a more visceral sense, pig butchering means fattening up a prey before the slaughter. “The scale of this is so massive.

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Phishers Spoof USPS, 12 Other Natl’ Postal Services

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Recent weeks have seen a sizable uptick in the number of phishing scams targeting U.S. The Georgia, AL domains at Alibaba also encompass several that spoof sites claiming to collect outstanding road toll fees and fines from the governments of Australia , New Zealand and Singapore. The fake USPS phishing page.

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U.S. Secret Service: “Massive Fraud” Against State Unemployment Insurance Programs

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” “It is assumed the fraud ring behind this possesses a substantial PII database to submit the volume of applications observed thus far,” the Secret Service warned. ” The surge in fraud comes as many states are struggling to process an avalanche of jobless claims filed as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.

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