#sweepstakes-fraud

#sweepstakes-fraud

Scams involving antiques and collectibles are almost as old as some of the items. But internet sales now mean fraudsters have a much wider audience.

Pick'em contests strip down the traditional DFS format to its simplest form, allowing users to select players and predict whether they will exceed or fall short of their projected stats.

At her trial, we will prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this defendant exploited trust built through online relationships to gain access to victims' homes and steal from them. Her ability to deceptively influence others, whether in person or online, has now come to an end.

Michael Smith has preempted his trial by pleading guilty to the fraud scheme, facing a maximum penalty of five years in jail for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Godden deliberately targeted men who were seeking companionship and a genuine emotional connection. He abused their trust, manipulated their vulnerabilities and caused significant financial and emotional harm. This was a calculated pattern of offending, not a misunderstanding or a civil dispute, but a clear case of fraud by false representation.

Maria Dickerson, also known as Dulce Pino, set up a shell company and used it to convince over 100 investors to give her around $10 million. As part of the alleged scheme that lasted from 2020 to about 2024, Pino told them that the company, Creative Legal Fundings of CA, had significant startup capital and support from an established CEO.

The ease of use means the ease of stealing. There are pieces of software and devices that are doing exactly the same thing that a point of sale does and it's transacting on your phone or on your credit card and if you don't have a thumbprint or a biometric on your phone, they can walk up and if you're not paying attention in a crowded area, they get close enough and they touch your phone they can do a transaction.

The email seen by at least some customers of the Emma email platform was a phishing scam. Hackers hoped to inspire instant panic with the words, 'As part of our commitment to supporting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), we will be adding a Support ICE donation button to the footer of every email sent through our platform.'

Last month, I sat across from one of the brightest people I know as he explained how he'd lost nearly everything to a sophisticated scam. This wasn't some naive teenager or technophobe. This was my friend from university days, a retired executive who'd navigated corporate politics for decades and made shrewd investment decisions his whole life. Watching him piece together how it happened was like watching someone solve a puzzle in reverse.

On October 1, 2022, something strange happened in the Philippines: 433 people won the jackpot in the local lottery. For this particular lotto, six numbers ranging in value from 1 to 55 were randomly selected, and the 433 winners all matched. Even more bizarre, when arranged in ascending order, the winning numbers were: 9, 18, 27, 36, 45 and 54. In other words, the winning numbers were multiples of 9 (9 1, 9 2, 9 3, etcetera).

Seeing your property listed for sale online without your knowledge is a tremendous violation and a blatant attempt at theft, Adams said.

According to the complaint, Komissarov is alleged to have "planned and executed a revenue scam" with DiMatteo, Clemenson, and Dickinson, which allegedly violated Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 14(a) of the Exchange Act of 1934, along with related SEC rules. Customer data was central to the scam charges and involved what the regulator calls "useless customer data" that was then cycled through a number of multi-million-dollar transactions.

We have learned that an unauthorized third party acquired certain employee data. Upon discovery, we immediately activated our incident response protocols and launched a thorough investigation with the help of external cybersecurity experts. The unauthorized third party has stated that the stolen data has been deleted. We are monitoring and to date have not seen any evidence that the data has been published or otherwise misused.

A Massachusetts woman is being charged in connection with an alleged Publishers Clearing House impersonation scam that authorities say bilked a North Carolina man out of roughly $500,000. An arrest warrant for Sabrina Johnson, of Marlborough, was issued on Dec. 22, and she was taken into custody on Dec. 31, according to the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office in North Carolina. She is currently awaiting extradition.