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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>[Canada] Fake CBC ads have flooded X with sketchy headlines. We looked for the source<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-ads-fake-investment-scheme-1.7439812" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-ads-fak</span><span class="invisible">e-investment-scheme-1.7439812</span></a></p><p>* sensational headlines about Poilievre, Singh<br>* inundated the social media platform X<br>* sophisticated scam that used Russian internet infrastructure<br>* fake advertisements ft. "Quantum AI"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebsiteSpoofing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebsiteSpoofing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spoofing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spoofing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetFraud</span></a></p>
Headlines Africa<p>Nigeria’s EFCC arrests 105 for internet fraud, including four Chinese nationals <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/THHNYQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsfeed.facilit8.network/THHN</span><span class="invisible">YQ</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nigeria</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/EFCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EFCC</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/InternetFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetFraud</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/CyberCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberCrime</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/FraudPrevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FraudPrevention</span></a></p>
Maddy Waves<p>Serious question:&nbsp;What do I do if I suspect I've come across a <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> on the internet?<br>It's about a person on <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tumblr</span></a>, as I believe she may have launched a <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/GoFundMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoFundMe</span></a> campaign under false pretenses.<br>However, she isn't from Germany like I am, so this doesn't fall under the jurisdiction of German law. Also, she technically didn't cheat me out of any money, as I didn't donate anything.</p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/InternetFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/imposter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imposter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Chinese nationals plead guilty to running Zambia scam operation<br><a href="https://therecord.media/zambia-guilty-pleas-chinese-nationals-scam-call-center" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therecord.media/zambia-guilty-</span><span class="invisible">pleas-chinese-nationals-scam-call-center</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chinese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zambian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zambian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/operation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/syndicate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syndicate</span></a></p>