Criminals create deceptive webpages advertising lucrative offers for doorstep collection of used clothing, but to make booking, residents must install malicious app that gathers personal data, police say.
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command, has arrested a fake police officer and 42 others for alleged internet fraud activities. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement that the suspects were arrested on Friday at Ijebu-Ode and Awa-Ijebu towns of Ogun State following actionable
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), says it has achieved a lot in eradicating economic and financial crimes in Nigeria. Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman EFCC, said this on Thursday in Maiduguri when he declared open a workshop on Economic and Financial Crimes Reporting for Journalists in Maiduguri Zone. Bawa, represented by the EFCC
key, which of those platforms are encrypted, where they re self-erasing the material as the conversation goes. so in an investigation like this. you hit the providers as soon as you learn which ones they are. and that can take time with preservation notices. don t throw anything away. and then the search warrant. turn over what you have. the problem is if it is encrypted and the provider doesn t have access to it, they can t take it to give it to you. if it is one of the apps which erases as it goes, they never had it in the first place. not for very long. so catfishing is a term that some of our audience might not know about. how does this comport with the normal definition? catfishing as we know it, in the world of internet frauds is, the romance scam. you start a conversation with someone. you may be in another country claiming to be in america. very complimentary.
In a clever post, the UP Police wrote on Twitter, Stay within the crease of ‘online safety to prevent getting caught behind the #VicKat by #CyberCriminals! Stay #CyberSafe . VicKat here was the wicket.