A Marvel movie producer who was swindled out of GBP 2.5 million by fraudsters in Turkey has told police how she was conned in a cryptocurrency sting. US film tycoon Lori Etta Taub was the producer for Marvel spin-off 'Cloak And Dagger' and the award-winning 'All American' TV series about…
This is the failed businessman who kidnapped himself and sent apparently distressed photos to his wife in order to get her to send him money. Mr Xie, 30, did not tell his wife that he had lost all his money on his business and could not pay his employees’ wages,…
One of France's largest pharmacy wholesale companies has filed a criminal complaint after being scammed into ordering over 6 million EUR of face masks and hand gel in an elaborate web scam. A judicial investigation for fraud was opened by the public prosecutor's office in Rouen in the northern French…
Story By: Lee Bullen, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Asia Wire Report This man has been accused of Photoshopping his face onto images of a real doctor to con unsuspecting female victims into dating him and giving him money. According to reports, the Malaysian man was discovered by netizen ‘Aryana Ren’ who learned the truth after encountering the…
Story By: Koen Berghuis, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: CEN A con artist who used 4 million EUR in victims money to play the stock market has been caged for three years despite attempts to return his ill-gotten gains after winning the lottery. The 57-year-old lotto winner was sentenced to three years in prison by a court in…
