Brad Pitt scammer swindles woman out of $850K in romance scheme – National

A French woman who believed she was in a romantic relationship with A-list actor Brad Pitt was scammed out of $855,000 as part of a year-long scheme involving an AI-generated version of the 61-year-old star. Anne, a 53-year-old French interior designer, detailed her experience in an interview with French television show Seven to Eight on France’s … Read more

400 foreigners arrested in raid on scam center

ABOUT 400 foreign nationals were arrested on Wednesday in a “large-scale” raid on a suspected online scam farm in Manila, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Thursday. Authorities raided a building in Barangay Tambo, Parañaque City, and found workers allegedly engaged in online scam operations targeting victims abroad. Source link

Romance, friend impostor, SMS scams top fraud cases, police say

PUBLISHED : 22 Dec 2024 at 15:34   Small   Medium   Large National police chief Pol Gen Kittharath Punpetch holds a press briefing on the progress of “Operation Fallen Bridge” aimed at arresting scam gangs and seizing illegal SIM cards, internet cables, telecom towers and transmission antennas, at the Royal Thai Police headquarters on … Read more