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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Myanmar’s military government has detained more than 10,000 foreign nationals who the junta said illegally entered the country for involvement in online scams. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-foreigners-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #thailand #southeastasia #fraud #forcedlabor #kidnapping

The Japan Times

Myanmar detains over 10,000 foreigners in scam center crackdown

The move comes as the international community pressures the junta to dismantle billion-dollar scam networks.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

More than 600 people have fled one of Myanmar's most notorious scam centers and crossed into Thailand, a Thai provincial official has said, after a military raid on the compound. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-raid-thailand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #thailand #myanmar #forcedlabor #kidnapping #fraud #southeastasia

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Hundreds flee to Thailand after latest raid on Myanmar scam center

A recent investigation revealed construction at several compounds, while Starlink receivers had been installed apparently connecting the hubs to the satellite internet network.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

The future of cybercrime is AI-optimized — and Japan is increasingly a target. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/japan/crime-legal/ai-cyberattacks-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fraud #cybersecurity #asahi #hacking

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AI-optimized cybercrime increasingly targeting Japan

Many of the attacks originate in China, using underground marketplaces that sell access and sensitive data to other cybercriminals.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

A South Korean court has dismissed a stock manipulation case against Kakao Corp. founder Brian Kim, allowing the influential internet platform to refocus on stabilizing its sprawling businesses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/tech/kakao-founder-stock-manipulation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #kakao #southkorea #apps #stocks #fraud #briankim

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Billionaire Kakao founder cleared in stock manipulation case

The acquittal allows Kakao to refocus on stabilizing its sprawling businesses, which ranges from messaging and fintech to mobility and entertainment.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Myanmar's junta has raided one of the country's most notorious internet scam centers and seized Starlink devices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-compound-starlink/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #fraud #southeastasia

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Myanmar's junta says it raided scam compound, seized 30 Starlink receivers

Internet sweat shops where workers scam unsuspecting foreigners with business or romance schemes have thrived in war-ravaged Myanmar's lawless border regions.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Sixty-four South Koreans who had been detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in cyberscam operations returned home Saturday and were under arrest, a police official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/18/asia-pacific/crime-legal/south-korea-cambodia-scam-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #southkorea #cambodia #fraud #gangs

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64 South Koreans held in Cambodia return home under arrest

South Korea had sent a team to Cambodia on Wednesday to discuss cases of fake jobs and scam centers involved in kidnapping dozens of its nationals.
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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

AYFKM???

#Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former US #House Rep #GeorgeSantos, who is serving more than 7 years in federal #prison after pleading #guilty to #fraud & #IdentityTheft charges.

The #NY Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year to deceiving donors & stealing the identities of 11 people — including his own family members — to make donations to his campaign.

#criminal #law #pardon #commutation
https://apnews.com/article/trump-george-santos-commutation-pardon-8ae46d6351cefe01d79f74920521b7a2?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-17-Breaking+News

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Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case

President Donald Trump says he has commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges.
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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

AYFKM???

#Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former US #House Rep #GeorgeSantos, who is serving more than 7 years in federal #prison after pleading #guilty to #fraud & #IdentityTheft charges.

The #NY Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year to deceiving donors & stealing the identities of 11 people — including his own family members — to make donations to his campaign.

#criminal #law #pardon #commutation
https://apnews.com/article/trump-george-santos-commutation-pardon-8ae46d6351cefe01d79f74920521b7a2?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-17-Breaking+News

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Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case

President Donald Trump says he has commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Tokyo police have served two people with additional arrest warrants, including a person believed to be the leader of a group accused of committing phone scam cases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/crime-legal/phone-scam-leader-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #china #phones #fraud

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Tokyo police arrest phone scam group leader

The Metropolitan Police Department suspects that the group was behind at least some 500 phone scam cases committed in half a year through January.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The Aichi Prefectural Police has arrested seven key figures of an organization that allegedly took over bank accounts to sell them to criminal groups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/crime-legal/bank-account-brokers-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #aichi #fraud #phones #banks

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Seven key members of major bank account brokerage ring arrested

The organization is believed to be one of the biggest of its kind in Japan, handling over 1,000 accounts annually for the purpose of money laundering
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Linux Is Best
@Linux@social.tchncs.de  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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I have previously, in good faith, reached out to the person claiming to run "Gaza Verified," and they showed no interest in taking action. In fact, their own website is independently attempting to raise $36,000.

I understand that many people want to help — what’s happening in Gaza is truly awful. But you'd be wiser to donate through trusted organizations like the Red Cross or, as someone else suggested, UNICEF, rather than responding to random direct messages.

https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/palestinian-children-remain-deprived-most-essential-supplies-and-services

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#Gaza #GazaVerified #Scam #Fraud

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@Linux@social.tchncs.de  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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First, let me say: what’s happening in Gaza is absolutely awful. But what’s also awful is that there are dishonest people taking advantage of others during a crisis.

In one photo, from Facebook (my job, where I work), we had a woman claiming to be a 36-year-old mother of two children, ages 4 and 7. She spaced out the URL in her post, hoping it wouldn’t get flagged by spam filters (it did). The very next day, someone on the Fediverse posted the exact same message, with the same URL. The only differences were that they used a different name, a different profile photo, and claimed to be a 19-year-old girl.

I have reviewed every account associated with the group known as “Gaza Verified” — and they are all scammers. Every single one of them.

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#Gaza #GazaVerified #Scam #Fraud

This is photo 2 of 2.  In this photo, the next day, the exact same post is made (word for word) by someone claiming to be a 19-year-old girl on Mastodon with the same Go Fund Me URL.
This is photo 2 of 2. In this photo, the next day, the exact same post is made (word for word) by someone claiming to be a 19-year-old girl on Mastodon with the same Go Fund Me URL.
This is photo 2 of 2. In this photo, the next day, the exact same post is made (word for word) by someone claiming to be a 19-year-old girl on Mastodon with the same Go Fund Me URL.
This is photo 1 of 2. In this photo, which is from Facebook, where someone who claimed to be a 36-year-old mother of two children (ages 4 and 7) claims that the bombs are getting close, and they try to share a URL for their Go Fund Me.
This is photo 1 of 2. In this photo, which is from Facebook, where someone who claimed to be a 36-year-old mother of two children (ages 4 and 7) claims that the bombs are getting close, and they try to share a URL for their Go Fund Me.
This is photo 1 of 2. In this photo, which is from Facebook, where someone who claimed to be a 36-year-old mother of two children (ages 4 and 7) claims that the bombs are getting close, and they try to share a URL for their Go Fund Me.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

U.S. and U.K. authorities unveiled sanctions against a British-Cambodian tycoon accused of running cyberscam operations where workers, some trafficked, carry out transnational fraud schemes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/asia-pacific/crime-legal/cambodia-prince-us-uk-sanctions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #cambodia #fraud #us #uk #organizedcrime #forcedlabor #humantrafficking

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U.S. and U.K. sanctions target Cambodia's Prince Group and tycoon Chen Zhi

Prince Holding Group, one of Cambodia's largest conglomerates, was a front for 'one of Asia's largest transnational criminal organizations,' the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

South Korea will send a special team to Cambodia on Wednesday to discuss cases of fake jobs and scam centers involved in kidnapping dozens of its nationals, officials said a day after Seoul vowed to bring them all home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/seoul-cambodia-scam-kidnappings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #southkorea #cambodia #forcedlabor #fraud #cryptocurrencies

The Japan Times

Seoul sends team to Cambodia over scam center kidnappings

The team, headed by the vice foreign minister, will depart Wednesday evening, according to a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The U.S. has charged in absentia the chairman of Cambodian conglomerate Prince Group with running a "sprawling cyber fraud empire” that led to the seizure of bitcoin worth about $15 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/world/crime-legal/us-bitcoin-cambodian-cyber-fraud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #cambodia #cybercrime #bitcoin #us #fraud #organizedcrime #romancescams

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Eighty South Koreans who were possible victims of fake jobs or scam centers were unaccounted for in Cambodia, South Korea's foreign ministry said, after the torture death of a student there shocked the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/south-korea-cambodia-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #southkorea #cambodia #fraud #gangs

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an investigation reveals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-musk-starlink/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #southeastasia #elonmusk #starlink #china #organizedcrime #fraud #romancescams

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Employment-related scams rose by over 1,000% from May through July, when new graduates typically search for jobs, and nearly 1 in 3 Americans report have received job offer scams via text message, according to McAfee. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/economy/scams-us-job-hunters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #jobs #cybersecurity #misinformation #fraud

The Japan Times

Fake job scams cost U.S. job seekers $12 billion as labor market tightens

Employment-related scam cases rose by over 1,000% from May through July, when new graduates typically search for jobs, according to McAfee.
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 ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

New York Times: Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads. This link goes to a gift article. “The ads are a lucrative part of Facebook’s advertising revenue that, the project’s researchers and others say, has led the company to turn a blind eye to a flood of low-quality or deceptive content, spam and in some cases outright fraud on the platform.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/04/new-york-times-spam-and-scams-proliferate-in-facebooks-political-ads/

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New York Times: Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads. This link goes to a gift article. “The ads are a lucrative part of Facebook’s advertising revenue that, the project’s researchers and others say, has led the company to turn a blind eye to a flood of low-quality or deceptive content, spam and in some cases outright fraud on the platform.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/04/new-york-times-spam-and-scams-proliferate-in-facebooks-political-ads/

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