Only, it wasn't Ian. It was a scam phone call so convincing that Kevin and Marilyn wonder if fraudsters used artificial intelligence to clone Ian's voice. And Crawford says that even though ...

Unpaid toll scam texts are on the rise, tricking thousands into sharing personal and financial details. Known as "smishing," this scam mimics real toll agencies, sending fake messages with urgent ...

The power cuts in early February coincided with Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s visit to China from Feb 5 to 8, where she was reported to have discussed the scam issue with Chinese ...

Then, the scam service arrives and often demands a significantly higher price than the original quote. Google says because the scam targets people in "duress verticals" the customer is typically ...

The "smishing" scam targets E-ZPass holders or other road toll services, sending them fraudulent text messages that claim to be from a familiar toll servicer and then trick customers into clicking ...

Despite a weeks-long multinational crackdown, scam centres along the Thai-Myanmar border are still operating with up to 100,000 people working there, according to the top police general leading ...

SINGAPORE - Scammers claiming to be officers from the police’s Anti-Scam Centre (ASC) caused a woman to lose $1.2 million over the course of two months. The ruse is a variant of the government ...

SINGAPORE – Five Malaysian men who were recruited by a transnational syndicate behind a “fake friend scam call” ruse targeted at least 70 Singapore-based victims, causing more than $164,000 ...

However, I don’t have an account with HSBC – so like any other scam-fatigued Singaporean, I was immediately suspicious. One little detail stopped me from hanging up right away: He had a local ...

More than 850 people between the ages of 15 and 77 are being investigated by the Malaysia and Singapore police following a month-long anti-scam operation. The suspects are believed to be involved ...

The FBI In 2024, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received more than 60,000 complaints reporting the unpaid toll scam. The scam is enabled by the rise of cashless highway toll billing and ...

It can be difficult to spot a fake, fraudulent or scam website. Fraudsters can be extremely cunning and use their expertise to create convincing websites. We outline nine ways to check whether a ...