Charges of fraud have been brought against four suspects following an investigation into a project to design and build signalling and telecommunication systems on the…
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has seized 240 fraudulent websites linked to an infamous cybercrime figure that deceptively used the brand name “ONNX” to market services. Abanoub Nady, known by his alias, “MRxC0DER”,…
A new weapon against fraud has been unveiled: an AI granny named Daisy who has been appointed ‘Head of Scammer Relations’. Deployed by Virgin Media O2, Daisy’s primary mission is to engage scammers in long-winded conversations—wasting their time and re…
Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has introduced new measures to protect consumers from scam calls originating overseas. The strengthened industry guidance, announced today, requires phone companies to block calls from abroad that falsely…
London police have arrested two individuals in connection with a scheme using an “SMS blaster” to send thousands of fraudulent messages. These messages, posing as banks and official organisations, aimed to deceive the public into sharing pe…