Jon Brodkin reports via Ars Technica: An advertising industry group urged Comcast to stop its “10G” ads or modify them to state that 10G is an “aspirational” technology rather than something the company actually provides on its cable network today. The National Advertising Division (NAD), part of the advertising industry’s self-regulatory system run by BBB...Read More
NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) —One North Dakota woman thought she was falling in love — instead, all of her retirement savings, her 401k, and $24,000 of her insurance policy were taken. According to the FBI’s most recent statistics, romance scams are on the rise with a little more than 19,000 victims reporting losing $739 million in...Read More
In our programme on 9 October 2023 we featured some of the latest scams, including a new form of hybrid scam which can appear to begin as a romance but soon creeps into other scam territory – including asking for investments into crypto currency or other forms of payment. With the fraudsters’ tactics constantly evolving,...Read More
THAILAND: In a tragic incident that unfolded in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Atiya (19), a grade 12 student, was found hanged in her home on Sunday evening (15 Oct). This heart-wrenching turn of events followed her falling prey to a heartless online scam. The fraudsters duped Atiya into parting with 20,000 baht (US$550) in exchange for...Read More
Family life insurance is the new hot thing in the insurance world. It puts together two things everyone loves: family and . . . insurance! Or maybe that second one’s just us. (We really do love insurance, though.) But family, right? Who doesn’t love their family? We think part of loving your family well means...Read More
This is the perfect formula for organic self-improvement Photo by Deon Fosu on Unsplash The internet is a world of knowledge. Every day we come across countless advertisements everywhere. There is always something new to learn. And today we seek to improve our campaigns by learning from the most creative campaigns of the month. Our...Read More
FTX insiders Gary Wang, Caroline Ellison, and Nishad Singh concluded their respective testimonies on Tuesday, as FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial progressed past a key wave of witnesses in New York. The contours of the government’s case, across key facts and charges, have been molded mostly by the three. Their testimony is foundational to...Read More
In our exclusive poll, almost a third said they’d suffered at the hands of scammers. Don’t be next to fall for their tricks: protect yourself by learning what’s out there Fraud is on the rise. More than 3.5 million scams were reported to police in England and Wales alone over the year to March 2023,...Read More
By Lauren Collins BBC News, South East 17 September 2023 Image caption, Steve Bustin, from Brighton, says one scammer created a fake passport to con his victim A gay man from Sussex says his images have been stolen at least 18 times by romance scammers to con women. Steve Bustin from Brighton, East Sussex, says...Read More
