Just learned that in Australia you can only put a ban on your credit for 21 days, and to extend it you need to prove you've been, or are likely to be, a victim of identity fraud.

This seems really dodgy to me. There is no reason that people should be able to access your credit info without your approval. They should need to ask every time. It should always be locked.

#privacy#dataSecurity#Fraud

But don't worry, if you ever are a victim of fraud, it will be somehow your fault, for not being personally aware of the location of every single piece of data about you.

It will never be blamed on, say, Equifax or Optus for having terrible security and refusing to delete data they no longer need. Or the banking system for refusing to check account names. Or politicians for refusing to learn anything about the laws they pass.

#privacy#dataSecurity#Fraud

Just learned that in Australia you can only put a ban on your credit for 21 days, and to extend it you need to prove you've been, or are likely to be, a victim of identity fraud.

This seems really dodgy to me. There is no reason that people should be able to access your credit info without your approval. They should need to ask every time. It should always be locked.

#privacy#dataSecurity#Fraud

Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested 29 extradited Japanese nationals on suspicion of involvement in phone scams conducted from a northeastern Cambodian town. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/crime-legal/aichi-fraud-cambodia-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aichi #cambodia #fraud #japanesepolice

I hear crytpotulip based phishing scams are still a thing, so reprising "Your 'Forgotten' Blockchain Account Needing Reactivation? It's a Scam" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/forgotten_blockchain_account_scam.html from 2022 might be useful to some #crypto #cryptocurrency #cryptotulips #phishing #scam #cybercrime #fraud

I hear crytpotulip based phishing scams are still a thing, so reprising "Your 'Forgotten' Blockchain Account Needing Reactivation? It's a Scam" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/forgotten_blockchain_account_scam.html from 2022 might be useful to some #crypto #cryptocurrency #cryptotulips #phishing #scam #cybercrime #fraud

South Korean entrepreneur Do Kwon has pleaded guilty to U.S. fraud charges for his role in two cryptocurrencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/13/tech/do-kwon-guilty-us-fraud-crypto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #dokwon #southkorea #cryptocurrencies #us #fraud

great blogpost about an incendiary report on research #fraud in PNAS
https://reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a-do-or-die-moment-for-the-scientific-enterprise/

great blogpost about an incendiary report on research #fraud in PNAS
https://reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a-do-or-die-moment-for-the-scientific-enterprise/

Fraud cases in which offenders pretend to be police officers and swindle targeted people out of money under the pretext of investigation are increasing sharply in Japan, data has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/crime-legal/fake-police-fraud-cases-surge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fraud #japanesepolice #npa

Japanese AI developer Alt, which revealed accounting irregularities recently, has filed for bankruptcy protection with the Tokyo District Court under the civil rehabilitation law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/ai-developer-bankruptcy-fraud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ai #fraud #bankruptcy #japanesecourts

Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a senior member of the "JP Dragon" crime ring based in the Philippines to three years and six months in prison for fraud. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/crime-legal/jp-dragon-senior-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jpdragon #fraud #japanesecourts #philippines #tokyo #organizedcrime

The National Police Agency's annual white paper noted that the spread of social media has made it easier for loosely organized crime groups comprising anonymous members to contact ordinary citizens and commit crimes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/crime-legal/police-report-social-media/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #socialmedia #japanesepolice #fraud

The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced a senior member of a Philippines-based Japanese crime ring to 20 years in prison for his involvement in a nationwide robbery scheme. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/japan/crime-legal/luffy-senior-member-prison-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #fraud #theft #philippines #luffy

South Korea's top court upheld on Thursday a not-guilty verdict for the chairman of Samsung Electronics Jay Y. Lee, backing two lower court rulings clearing him of accounting fraud and stock manipulation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/companies/south-korea-samsung-lee-fraud-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #samsung #jayylee #southkorea #fraud

Public prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 23-year prison term for a senior member of the Philippines-based "Luffy" Japanese crime ring that allegedly masterminded a series of robbery and fraud cases across Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/japan/crime-legal/luffy-sentence-request/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #philippines #japanesecourts #fraud #gangs #socialmedia

The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, an area in Laos meant for gambling and resort life, has become a center for money laundering and trafficking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/las-vegas-laos-city-crime/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #cybercrime #goldentriangle #laos #southeastasia #cybersecurity #hacking #organizedcrime #smuggling #moneylaundering #fraud #china

For comparison, there were 1,677 cases of COVID-related tax fraud for the same period and 979 defense spending tax fraud cases in the same period (each with larger $$$)

#USPolitics

Scams involving police impersonation are on the rise in Japan, with losses attributed to such cases exceeding ¥30 billion in just the first five months of this year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/crime-legal/fake-police-fraud-scam/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #fraud

Did you know that there's a thing called the "Automatic Billing Update" program (ABU), that enables merchants to get notified of your replacement payment card number before it even shows up in your mailbox?

https://globalnews.ca/news/9763295/little-known-credit-card-program-companies-information/

Yep, you can guess what the bad guys are doing. They're registering as a merchant and then involuntarily signing people up for nonexistent "subscriptions" ... that their support path mysteriously refuses to let you unsubscribe from:

https://malwaretips.com/blogs/vigor-vita-cbd-gummies/

But if you naively report these to your issuer as simply 'fraud', they will just ... issue you a new card. And then the "subscription" will be charged again.

Many issuer support teams seem be totally unaware of this fraud type. You have to explicitly tell them it's a subscription scam, and ask them block that merchant from using ABU to get your new card number. (That card is lost, but at least the evil merchant won't get the next one).

(I found this out the hard way, helping some elderly friends, whose cards kept getting mysteriously "compromised". When I realized that an unexpected charge happened before they had even received the new card ... I knew it wasn't just ordinary skimming or phishing.)

tl;dr When you detect unauthorized charges, ask your issuer to check for ABU and block the entire merchant. Otherwise, you'll be caught in an unending cycle of useless reissuance!

#ABU #fraud