Emboldened by success with petty payments like electricity dues, cyber criminals have gone a step further — posing as authority figures to mulct huge sums from people who are mortally afraid of them.

“The scammer seems to be making baseless claims,” said Kerr. “Street images used in the scam can come from various sources such as Google Maps.” Kerr added that none of the threats had been acted upon ...

and that they will blackmail the victim if they don’t pay through a QR code. Nadra Ehrman lives in Santa Barbara and says she’s received scam messages requesting money, but through a little ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public about a new phone scam targeting residents. According to authorities, the scam consists of someone ...

The village favourite is horrified as Tom resorts to blackmail in the ongoing dispute surrounding his job. Tom was suspended from the local vets surgery in September after his wife Belle Dingle ...

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Cyber extortion involves forcing victims to pay money or meet other demands of criminals Cyber extortion, a form of blackmail, is defined as the use of electronic media and social platforms to ...

In the past week, an alarming extortion scam has targeted 59 Hong Kong residents ... In the past week, police received 59 cases of naked-chat blackmail, with scammers extorting more than HK$ ...

Hovering over links in email is recommended by security experts to catch malicious URLs. But if you read Gmail on the web it ...

These are songs that focus on concepts like control, jealousy and emotional blackmail, all presented (to paraphrase U2) in the name of love. It’s unlikely you'll ever see ugly love songs popping up as ...