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Manage episode 508326269 series 2324004
This week, while Dave Bittner is out, Joe Carrigan, and Maria Varmazis (also host of the T-Minus Space Daily show) are sharing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. Listener Daniel shares a follow-up where scammers exploited details from a Texas car accident to pose as claim assistants, highlighting the importance of working only with your insurance or official state agencies. Joe follows the story of Iowa authorities uncovering a nationwide texting scam run from inside a Georgia prison, and a Cincinnati man pleading guilty to stealing over $2 million through dating app fraud. Maria covers two stories this week, one on how human trafficking victims are being forced to run online scams across Southeast Asia’s billion-dollar fraud industry, and another on cybercriminals using “SMS blasters” to push mass scam texts directly to nearby phones by impersonating cell towers. Our catch of the day comes from Reddit where a user received a deceiving letter by mail.
Resources and links to stories:
- Crash reports and records
- Fredericksburg Texas Police Department's post
- Iowa judge sentences four for text scam run from Georgia prison
- Cincinnati man pleads guilty to scamming dozens out of over $2 million in dating app fraud
- Scammed into scamming
- Cybercriminals Have a Weird New Way to Target You With Scam Texts
Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected].
707 episodes
Manage episode 508326269 series 2324004
This week, while Dave Bittner is out, Joe Carrigan, and Maria Varmazis (also host of the T-Minus Space Daily show) are sharing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. Listener Daniel shares a follow-up where scammers exploited details from a Texas car accident to pose as claim assistants, highlighting the importance of working only with your insurance or official state agencies. Joe follows the story of Iowa authorities uncovering a nationwide texting scam run from inside a Georgia prison, and a Cincinnati man pleading guilty to stealing over $2 million through dating app fraud. Maria covers two stories this week, one on how human trafficking victims are being forced to run online scams across Southeast Asia’s billion-dollar fraud industry, and another on cybercriminals using “SMS blasters” to push mass scam texts directly to nearby phones by impersonating cell towers. Our catch of the day comes from Reddit where a user received a deceiving letter by mail.
Resources and links to stories:
- Crash reports and records
- Fredericksburg Texas Police Department's post
- Iowa judge sentences four for text scam run from Georgia prison
- Cincinnati man pleads guilty to scamming dozens out of over $2 million in dating app fraud
- Scammed into scamming
- Cybercriminals Have a Weird New Way to Target You With Scam Texts
Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected].
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