In their different ways, Edgar and Rita were both victims of “ pig-butchering ”, the most lucrative scam in a global industry ...

Scam artists will target workers who've been laid off, identify vulnerable people on dating apps ... and vulnerable person looking for help online. That's probably why I've seen an uptick in ...

Online scams are becoming increasingly hard to spot and it is not just older people falling for them. An estimated $2.3 billion was lost in New Zealand in the year to August 30, 2024 - up from $2b ...

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi yesterday called on Southeast Asian countries to take strong measures to crack down on online ... in order to help stamp out the epidemic of scam operations.