Unemployed Americans aren’t the only ones waiting for the next pandemic relief check. A slew of fraudsters, including an organized Nigerian cybercrime ring, are also looking to get paid.
October 19, 2020 : Bloomberg Law
Over the past nine months, our country has experienced an unprecedented pandemic featuring a transmittable virus that has spread “like wildfire” to millions of Americans. Unfortunately, the world’s criminals have preyed upon this fast-spreading viral disease, creating the spread of criminal activity that has moved as swiftly as the virus itself.
October 19, 2020 : Credit Union Times
It began with a text purportedly from O2. The message informed Stephen Frew that his latest payment could not be processed and asked him to update his card details via a link. Frew duly obliged. Within a week the £21,330 he was about to use as a deposit on a flat was stolen from his bank account.
October 11, 2020 : The Guardian
The U.S. Department of Justice has brought charges against at least 82 individuals, in cases where $250 million in fraudulent loans were sought in the six months since the Small Business Administration began disbursing loans under the Trump Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, according to a tally by the Project on Government Oversight released Thursday.
October 8, 2020 : MarketWatch
If you believed 2018 was the summer of scam, think again. As the U.S. has struggled to control the coronavirus outbreak over the past six months of 2020, it’s also been flooded with financial scams.
September 15, 2020 : Money