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Australian Federal Police
Have you been the victim of a romance scam? 💔
The AFP is working with Philippine authorities to identify Australian victims of romance scams after more than 250 suspected cyber criminals were arrested in Manila.
Men over the age of 35 were allegedly targeted by the scammers on social media and dating apps. It is alleged the accused built trust with victims before asking them to invest money in a fraudulent cryptocurrency trading platform.
On 28/11/2024
WE HOPE!
THANK YOU TROY G.
For your own experience
After three years, don't abound!
From:
Tricia Stoner, CFCI, MS
Special Agent at South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) working fraud for the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce. ☘️ Operation Shamrock
I hate when I hear that an officer has told a victim “The money is overseas; there’s nothing we can do.” How about we say “Let me see what I can do for you.” There are so many resources out there that can and will help. You just have to ask.
On 29/10/2024
FROM TROY G.
This is called an IG automatic fan machine. It appears to be chatting with countless numbers of people on IG via AI. Post and Telegram is in the comments
THE DANGERS OF THE AI IN TERMS OF ITS FRAUDULENT USE
AN ADDITIONAL TOOL FOR SCAMMERS
The multiplicity of actors
Another example and interesting report of how the love scam works
On 28/09/2024
Very interesting articles from TROY
QUESTION: real or AI?
INSTRUCTIONS of scamming: interesting documents
An elementary foundation of scammers:
Telephone numbers
GOOD INVESTIGATION
PIG BUTCHERING
A criminal organization
ABUJA / NIGERIA
A good country for scammers
The scam
HOW DOES IT WORK?
About a specific case of pig butchering
the past 3 years. In this case, the scammers targeted a 61-year old man, a retired government employee, through a dating site. But the scam was different than previous pig butchering operations we had documented. It leveraged parts of another type of scam we had seen previously—a fake passive income scheme based on the concept of liquidity mining.
This week we published the conclusion of that investigation. I found that there were over 90 victims hit by a cluster of three scam operations using the exact same smart contract and fake “DeFi” website code. The groups took $1.2 million from victims that we identified, and $2.9 million total from all sources.
You can read the conclusion here:
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A remarkable work of investigation and analysis
https://news.sophos.com/en-us/author/sean-gallagher/
Well done!
FROM JIM BROWNING
He explains very clearly the process of the Pig butchering Scam in an incredible video
Please tune in to Jim Browning's latest...
Here's why it matters:
1)
These scammers are located in Dubai.
But run by the same Chinese organized crime syndicates.
2)
They are targeting South Americans.
I've been jibber jabbering about this for a while now, but this video makes it crystal clear that the scammers are increasing their worldwide footprint both in the locations of scammers and the locations of targets.
It's time for worldwide collaboration.
And that's what #operationshamrock is all about.
Stand by for more information on 3/17.
And in the meantime,
educate.seize.disrupt
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by ANONYOME LABS, INC.
NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Pig Butchering Scams
According to a recent study at The University of Texas at Austin, from January 2020 to February 2024, people lost more than $75 billion around the world to the scam of pig butchering.
In this episode of Privacy Files we speak to Troy, a private investigator who specializes in exposing pig butchering scams.