Neowin News Feed for: Fraudsters

Four people arrested in UK over scam calls claiming to be Microsoft support staff

Andy Weir — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:32:01 +0000

Four people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in scam calls, in which victims are led to believe they're paying 'Microsoft' to fix issues that the scammers have created on their PCs. Read more...

AT&T launches spam filter for smartphones at network level with AT&T Call Protect

Steven Parker — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 08:42:01 +0000

The cell provider has launched its own take on the Do Not Call register, blocking spam-like and fraudulent calls before they even reach your phone, you'll have to activate the free service though. Read more...

Hackers are selling eBay logins online

James Walker — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 19:41:53 +0000

Usernames and passwords of eBay users are being sold online to fraudsters and scammers by the hackers who attacked the site earlier this year and stole databases containing user details. Read more...

Fraudsters Use Charities Before Selling Stolen Credit Cards

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:44:08 +0000

Internet security company Symantec claims that Internet fraudsters are donating money to charities as a way to check the validity of stolen credit cards prior to resale. Unfortunately, Symantec doesn't have any figures to indicate... Read more...

£300k eBay Fraudsters Sentenced

Howard Thomson — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:35:36 +0000

A cell of three Romanian fraudsters have been sentenced to jail after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud by deception and money laundering. The trio were sentenced in Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court, UK, after... Read more...

ATM crime makes fraudsters $2.75bn

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 08:55:15 +0000

More than three million US consumers fell victim to bank fraud in the past year, with some $2.75bn being lost through ATMs. Many of their account numbers and PINs were gained over the internet, using... Read more...

Fraudsters busted in internet scam

Darren Bolton — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:39:24 +0000

Big banks conned big time in dodgy loan and credit card applications Six fraudsters were jailed for a total of 15 years after the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) uncovered their... Read more...