Well, it looks like the “Squid Game” craze just took a weird turn in Sulaymaniyah city in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, as the organizer of a local, unlicensed scam competition has disappeared with everyone’s cash—and a promise of a trip to Saudi Arabia for Umrah. You can guess how this one ended: not in an […]
PARIS: A 53-year-old French woman fell victim to an elaborate scam involving an AI-generated impersonation of Brad Pitt, losing €830,000 in the process. The fraudsters used technology to pose as the Hollywood star, weaving a story of love, illness, and financial need that spanned over 18 months. The deception began with a message from an […]
Over 300 deceptive scam advertisements detected across the Middle East, with some reported losses of over US$10,000 Dubai: Group-IB, a leading creator of cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime, announced that it has uncovered scammers across the Middle East leveraging fake betting game advertisements on social media to target users and steal […]
Toronto: Planning a holiday through Booking.com? You might want to double-check your booking. Recently, there have been concerns swirling around whether some bookings made through the seemingly popular travel platform are part of a larger AI phishing scam. Several travelers have reported issues such as arriving at their booked accommodations only to find no reservation […]
The accused propagated and promoted the said scam by conducting seminars in Dubai and for that he received 40 Bitcoins. Mumbai: India’s enforcement agency has arrested one of the founders of event management company Katalyst Entertainment from Delhi in connection with an alleged cryptocurrency scam running into AED 3 billion (₹6,606 crore) involving their firm […]
