https://cluster-site.onrender.com/tags/fraud/ Recent content in Fraud on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:33:07 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/five-ways-to-spot-when-a-paper-is-a-fraud/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:32:59 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/five-ways-to-spot-when-a-paper-is-a-fraud/ • Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Illustration: The Project Twins From the low-quality output of paper mills to increasingly convincing content generated by artif https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/nc-prosecutors-seize-61m-usdt-from-pig-butchering-scam/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:16:38 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/nc-prosecutors-seize-61m-usdt-from-pig-butchering-scam/ • $61M USDT seized by NC prosecutors from pig butchering scam. • Funds traced to crypto wallets used to launder stolen money. • Victims lured online to fake trading platforms, losi https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/beware-phone-return-scam-after-new-device-delivery/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:20:47 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/beware-phone-return-scam-after-new-device-delivery/ • Scammers call claiming a wrong phone was shipped and ask for return. • They often keep the device instead of replacing it. • Victims should hang up and verify with the carrier di https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ukrainian-gets-5-years-in-us-prison-for-aiding-north-korean-it-fraud/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:38:19 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ukrainian-gets-5-years-in-us-prison-for-aiding-north-korean-it-fraud/ • A Ukrainian national was sentenced to five years in a US prison for selling stolen identities to fraudulent North Korean workers and for facilitating the operation of laptop farm https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/paypal-data-breach-led-to-fraudulent-transactions/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:13:25 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/paypal-data-breach-led-to-fraudulent-transactions/ • PayPal disclosed a data breach affecting personal info of ~100 customers. • Breach caused by coding error in PayPal Working Capital loan application. • Exposed data included name https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ukrainian-national-sentenced-to-5-years-in-north-korea-it-worker-fraud-case/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:52:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ukrainian-national-sentenced-to-5-years-in-north-korea-it-worker-fraud-case/ • Ukrainian National Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korea IT Worker Fraud Case A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has beensentenced to five years in prisonin the U.S. • for his role i https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/from-fentanyl-to-fraud-on-chain-activity-highlights-illicit-market-evolution/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:45:41 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/from-fentanyl-to-fraud-on-chain-activity-highlights-illicit-market-evolution/ • TL;DR - Darknet market activity remains resilient, with aggregate DNM flows reaching nearly $2.6 billion in 2025, underscoring the persistence of crypto-enabled drug markets desp