Fraud and Scam News

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Sussex Police’s economic crime unit and trading standards officials are investigating Zavvi Direct Ltd., which owns and manages the website zavvidirect.co.uk, and charge it of being a scam. The Brighton based firm was offering the latest Nintendo Wii fitness game online. Law enforcement officials believe the company may have scammed hundreds of […]

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Turkish hackers launched a phishing attack against domain owners at Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) early this week. The attack sent emails in the name of ICANN’s Resolution Department, ICANNResolve and asked domain owners to avail of an upgraded service by registering at a link given inside the mail. It […]

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Queensland Police is warning those buying airline tickets online to avoid purchasing their tickets from Tickets2cheap.com, a site they caution is a scam. Police have reasons to believe the site often cancels tickets behind customers’ backs, pockets their money and later gets cold towards them.
Stated to be based in Johannesburg, South Africa, the […]