Why would you pay £10,000 to a stranger. You don't know this person. You've never met this person.You just pay. You don't go in the car park, give someone cash, you don't take a picture, don't record anything. They go.This thing has to stop. My name is Mr. . Brown.I'm from Zimbabwe. I've been in UK since half of my life actually since 2005. Right.So, this is my Facebook page. see us scammers and fraudsters. People knew that people in Africa and other countries they are desperate to come here.I was reading a ...

This is a vow act or acts I should say uh taking not only taking advantage of older uh citizens in this commonwealth but them not receiving the care that they need nor the medication that they need. Bombshell allegations announced Monday by Pennsylvania State Police. They say a woman named Shannon Nicole Wac has been posing as a nurse and working with patients for the last 5 years.Shannon Wulmarmac is not a licensed professional in the state of Pennsylvania or any state that BCI was able to investigate. Tro ...

For over a year, I've been investigating cases of scammers who have prayed on vulnerable people trying to come to the UK as migrant care workers. The origins of this all started in CO uh during the pandemic. The government realized that it needed to do something to allow more people to come into the country to fill those vacancies that existed.This is an example of a certificate of sponsorship. This is the document that a migrant worker needs to be given by an employer in the UK and it has a code on it and ...

On Bloomberg Investigates, we explore a wide-ranging fraud destroying the lives of social care workers thousands of miles away, and one man trying to turn the tide https://t.co/jjCskY4nWC ...

Immigration System Exploitation - Scammers are exploiting a flawed UK immigration system, targeting vulnerable people seeking work in the care sector [1] - Victims are often abandoned by authorities after losing significant sums of money, sometimes selling their houses [1] - The UK government rushed the process of allowing care businesses to recruit staff from overseas, leading to exploitation [1] - People were paying £5,000 to £20,000 to get a certificate of sponsorship (COS) that proved they had a job in the UK, but employers often disappeared [1] - The introduction of the social care visa led to a huge increase in migration and a deeply damaging increase in abuse and exploitation [5] Scam Tactics and Impact - Scammers pressure migrant workers to pay quickly, then delay the process, blaming the home office or others [3] - Victims are losing money and experiencing mental health issues, impacting their sense of self and future [4] - Scams are tearing communities apart, especially when agents are involved [3] - Victims in Zimbabwe cannot report to the police in the UK, leaving them with limited recourse [4] Financial Losses and Recovery Efforts - One woman in South Africa was scammed of £6,500 [1] - One person lost $3,500 US [2] - One victim paid £58,000 [1] - One agent scammed over £50,000 from people [2] - One person owes $5,660 [4] - Mr Brown recovered over £100,000 for victims [4] Government and Law Enforcement Response - The UK government is ending overseas recruitment of care workers and closing the COS route [5] - Action Fraud received more than 300 cases of COS fraud last year, but there have been no convictions [5] - Victims blame the British government for leaving the system open to exploitation and the UK police for failing to help [5]

References to Minions, the yellow agents of evil from "Despicable Me," are telltale signs of North Korean swindlers infiltrating U.S. companies https://t.co/JRD6SHTVll ...

thing that terrifies me is apparently there are still some financial institutions that will accept a voice print as authentication for you to like move a lot of money or do something else. You say a challenge phrase and they just do it. Um, that is a crazy thing to still be doing.Like AI has fully defeated that. AI has fully defeated most of the ways that people authenticate currently other than like passwords, but all of these like fancy, you know, take a selfie and wave or do your voice or whatever. Um I ...

US seeks to recover $7.1 million in crypto tied to oil and gas fraud scheme https://t.co/TYuCZpFVkb ...

It is so tough right now, especially with the rise of generative AI to tell truth from falsehood. That's such a scary proposition. And this has a huge impact on fraud.It can do all sorts of things that enable very targeted exploitation in that way. And and do it at scale. First of all, believe nothing, trust nothing.That that's that should be a baseline. Yeah. Baseline rule one. Baseline rule one.Be skeptical. Trust no one. Number two, to the extent that you are contemplating a financial decision, it's impo ...

Uber is suing a group of lawyers and medical providers in Los Angeles who it says have made fraudulent insurance claims that cost the company millions in legal fees — the third such lawsuit it’s filed this year https://t.co/tylDt9xyS2 ...