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WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice urging financial institutions to be vigilant in identifying and reporting suspicious activity involving convertible virtual currency (CVC) kiosks. While CVC kiosks can be a simple and convenient way for consumers to access CVC, they are also exploited by illicit actors, including scammers. The risk of illicit …

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam,” accusing one of the top overseers of government statistics of cooking the books in a vendetta against his presidency. “In my opinion, today’s Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad,” Trump …

Carys Nally BBC News, Bristol Submitted Hamish Douglas spotted an issue with the airport’s Silver Zone reward code A frequent flyer at Bristol Airport said reward code users seeking a discount on parking were being “deliberately misled”. Hamish Douglas, from Clevedon in North Somerset, spotted an issue with the airport’s Silver Zone rewards scheme while booking parking for five days …

In a plea agreement, United States attorneys detail how Olof Kyros Gustafsson and Escobar, Inc. took orders for the phones and other products branded with the likeness of the drug lord Pablo Escobar, seeded products with tech reviewers and social media influencers “in order to attempt to increase demand,” did not deliver the products to customers, and transferred and laundered …

Amazon warns customers about a devious new scam  TheStreet Amazon warns all Prime customers of impersonation scams, according to report  KOMO Amazon warns 200 million Prime customers that scammers are after their login info  Malwarebytes Amazon warns 200 million Prime customers of recent login info scam  AL.com ‘Scamazon’ – how fake emails are targeting Prime subscribers  The Guardian Source link

Fake emails claiming your Amazon Prime subscription will automatically renew are being sent to customers’ inbox. According to reports, more than 200 million have been warned by Amazon. In some instances, the email may include personal information, tempting customers to believe in the legitimacy of the email. In fact, as Malwarebytes reports, some emails include a “cancel subscription.” Others, as …

Twenty-one children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether they misled surrogate mothers around the country. Fifteen children were removed from the couple’s opulent home in Arcadia after an abuse allegation in May, and another six living elsewhere were also located, Arcadia police Lt. Kollin Cieadlo said. They range …

Published 07:00 13 Jul 2025 GMT+1 Is it really that bad? PlayStation Plus subscribers feel like they’re getting scammed by the Sony service. As we know, PlayStation Plus offers three tiers. PS Plus Essential offers a few new games per month with bonuses such as discounts, free DLC, and more. Perhaps the biggest perk of PlayStation Plus Essential is that …

Key Takeaways MoonPay got hit by a high-profile scam targeting its CEO and CFO, despite its recent expansion into all 50 U.S. states, highlighting the other side of crypto adoption. An elaborate online scam recently tricked two top MoonPay executives into losing over $250,000, according to a U.S. Department of Justice filing. The filing states that the scam involved 40,350 …