A man from Texas, United States, who posed as a high-ranking military officer has pleaded guilty to participating in a scam in which women across the country were swindled out of approximately $1.6 million by someone who showed them romantic interest and often posed as an army general. The women, often in their 70s and … Read more
Volkswagen detected attempts to defraud users and developed advice to avoid being a victim of these practices. In recent times, especially after the coronavirus pandemic, online procedures and digital commerce have accelerated. And today “buying online” is already commonplace. But almost with the same speed scams also grew and the automotive market is not exempt. … Read more
Daviplata is a financial application widely used today, even to make transfers and payments to the accounts of other people or establishments. Given the popularity of the ‘app’, unscrupulous people designed a similar application with the aim of simulating a transaction and defrauding to sender. (Also read: DaviPlata includes a new function to spend money … Read more
New modalities of financial fraud They were identified by the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi). Thefts are carried out through unrecognized consumption and operations with Credit cards o debit. The institution that defends consumers issued a alert as part of its activities of continuous attention to … Read more
Argentine authorities accused Cuban Ronald Mora of using invented therapies and is facing trial for illegal practice of medicine. Mora, 49, was arrested along with his wife and the Intelligence Department against Organized Crime of the Federal Police raided his home in Ensenada, where he had one of the queries. “He presented himself as an … Read more
They were offered a 7% monthly profit. They just had to open an account with $250, then things would be easy. Buy and sell shares in oil, Netflix, Bitcoins and the most recognized companies worldwide. They were going to be accompanied by responsible and empathetic advisors at all times. So several accepted, without thinking that … Read more
Restaurants have them on tables, hotels offer them to show their services and museums use them to give instructions in the rooms or reveal the secrets of their works. The QR codes They are fashionable, more so after the pandemic, but are they safe? What can users do to avoid scams? A QR code is … Read more
Written in TRENDS the 26/1/2022 ยท 17:59 hs During the day on Wednesday, a new precedent was disclosed in the complaint against Francisco Kaminski for fraud to a colleague. Mario Jorquera, who is an event producer, specified that they owed him 80 million pesos, because they had returned $20,000,000 of the $100,000,000 he had invested. … Read more