Stories tagged “Investment Fraud.”
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Phone scams in Fukuoka Prefecture total ¥6.77 billion by end of July
Fukuoka Prefectural Police reported 1,061 phone-based fraud cases from January to July, resulting in total financial losses of approximately ¥6.77 billion. A significant portion of these losses, ¥3.24 billion, stemmed from social media-based investment fraud.
A video claiming that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is endorsing an investment platform linked to SBI is being circulated on social media. However, the original video is from the HT Leadership Summit held in December 2025, and the audio and video promoting the in…
Dutch police announced the arrest of multiple individuals suspected of being part of an international investment fraud scheme estimated to have tens of thousands of victims. The group is believed to have operated 20 call centers, with more than 700 people posing as financ…
The Spanish Police have dismantled a cybercrime and money-laundering organization that made €140 million from investment fraud and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. Four people were arrested in Spain, Portugal, and Panama.