All news on the topic: Scams

The tale of deception outlined below is fairly common: yet another person was duped by the assurance of buying and transporting a car to Ukraine from the United States

The organisers of the Financial Freedom Academy are facing imprisonment for a duration ranging from 5 to 12 years

Shedding weight is often a typical New Year's resolution, but health specialists have cautioned against purchasing pills for this aim from social media vendors or other unauthorised sources

A probe by journalist Ghost In The Block claims that initiatives associated with Pavel Durov, the creator of Telegram, are entangled with an extensive underground economy. This economy is said to involve bot farms, breaches of personal data, hacking services, and fraudulent crypto schemes functioning within the Telegram and TON network

Controversy surrounding a halted hydroelectric scheme has prompted Croatian journalists to link the project to Sasa Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit

Among the 268 individuals under investigation for alleged participation in schemes associated with losses of over $4.66 million, is a 15-year-old, following a fortnight-long police operation

Khabib Nurmagomedov's abrupt deletion of all content related to Telegram has sparked a controversy, revealing his collaborative NFT “papakha” venture with Pavel Durov to be among the most notorious scams of 2025

Pavel Durov, the creator of Telegram, has started an auction featuring "gifts" from Khabib Nurmagomedov — the former UFC lightweight champion and one of the globe's most renowned mixed martial artists

A London council has uncovered offices packed with boxes of snails as it pledges to tackle a "curious" attempt to evade business rates

According to Citizens Advice, more than seven million adults in the UK encountered a scam last year, with 20% suffering considerable financial harm

A Chinese court has handed down death sentences to 11 individuals for their involvement in a family-operated criminal organisation allegedly engaged in illegal gambling and fraud activities amounting to over $1.4 billion, as well as for the killings of employees who resisted them

The Financial Conduct Authority is informing people that it does not presently have a compensation scheme for car finance

The FBI is seeking information from victims of the OmegaPro Ponzi scheme.

Former Latvian State Police officer Toms Verdiņš, who has been in a relationship for over two years with Lauma Sitnika from Daugavpils, is a key figure in an investigation into large-scale cryptocurrency fraud.

Italian authorities reveal an immigration scam involving lawyers and the mafia as the EU sees a significant decrease in illegal border crossings.

Saratov teacher Natalia Makarova either decided that compatriots who left the country during a difficult time for the Motherland should pay for their escape, or it was just an ordinary scam.

Funnull’s infrastructure supported fraudsters with domain-generation algorithms and deceptive websites to facilitate pig butchering scams.

According to prosecutors in South Korea, younger gang members are contributing to a revival of organized crime, combining violence with online scams that have deceived thousands.

Phishing scams aimed at crypto users have become more sophisticated, with attackers exploiting Google’s infrastructure to carry out highly convincing attacks.

Campaigners say scammers are claiming millions from victims in ‘a penalty-free crime’

In 2024, cryptocurrency scams were responsible for receiving at least $9.9 billion on-chain, a figure that is expected to rise as we continue to identify more illicit addresses linked to fraud and scams in the upcoming months.

The cloned voice of Defence Minister Guido Crosetto was used in some calls demanding money to free kidnapped journalists.

Andean Medjedovic is accused of exploiting DeFi protocols KyberSwap and Indexed Finance.