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  2. Pig butchering scam - Wikipedia

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    A pig butchering scam is a type of long-term scam and investment fraud in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. [1] They are commonplace on social apps, where, in October 2023, twelve percent of Americans using said apps had been ...

  3. Human trafficking in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Human trafficking in Nigeria. Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons including forced labour and forced prostitution. [1] The U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed the country in "Tier 2 Watchlist" in 2017. [2]

  4. Cybercrime in Ghana - Wikipedia

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    Cybercrime in Ghana can be traced back to the "419 schemes" in Nigeria, also known as "advance-fee scams" prior to the internet. [3] These scams were a form of credit card fraud whereby the perpetrator would offer a monetary incentive, usually in the form of an international money transfer, in exchange for several down payments from the victim.

  5. “Can You Hear Me?” And 4 Other Phone Call Scams - AOL

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    And 4 Other Phone Call Scams. “Can You Hear Me?”. And 4 Other Phone Call Scams. Laura Bogart. December 16, 2023 at 5:00 PM. Highwaystarz-Photography / iStock.com. By now, most of us are aware ...

  6. SIM swap scam - Wikipedia

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    The scam begins with a fraudster gathering personal details about the victim, either by use of phishing emails, by buying them from organised criminals, directly socially engineering the victim, or by retrieval from online data breaches. Armed with these details, the fraudster contacts the victim's mobile telephone provider.

  7. Sextortion case: Two arrested in Nigeria after Australian boy ...

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    April 8, 2024 at 6:16 AM. Australian police have released a blurred photo of two people arrested in Nigeria [NSW Police] Two people have been arrested in Nigeria over an alleged sextortion attempt ...

  8. Victims of online dating scams speak out on what they’ve ...

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    It's one that bears repeating: In 2021 alone, according to the FTC, the median individual reported loss due to romance scams was around $2,400, with a total reported loss of $547 million from ...

  9. Internet - Wikipedia

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    The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. . It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologi