The daily life of the scammers An Israeli was detained in Thailand on suspicion of poisoning women and secretly filming.
The Bangkok police arrested a 54-year-old Israeli citizen. According to investigators, he met women on dating apps, invited them to his place and mixed drugs with the treats, then secretly recorded intimacy on video. Messenger scammers can send an AI-generated voice message that sounds like an appeal from a familiar teacher or classroom teacher. In a call, fraudsters report an alleged problem and ask to urgently transfer money or provide a texting code. Fraudsters can access user accounts and data through QR codes used to log into digital services. ‼ Attackers began to actively use the QR impersonation scheme at payment points. They print fake QR codes and stick them on top of real ones at self-service checkouts, terminals and restaurant menus.
When scanning such a code, the buyer is taken to a phishing site, which initiates the download of malware to the smartphone. It is almost impossible to visually identify a replacement on a static sticker. Attackers have begun to use a new hacking scheme for the device, sending emails with fake pre-trial claims from legal services. The messages contain threats to recover millions of rubles, but specific details of the alleged violations are not revealed on the eve of Halloween, fraudsters have become more active - they use the Halloween theme to lure money and card details, warn lawyers. The most popular program is buying/renting costumes and jewelry online. The buyer pays for the order, enters the card details and is left without the goods, and usually with additional charges Fraudsters stole more than 877 thousand rubles from a 22-year-old Muscovite, forcing him to take out other people's jewelry and exchange the money for cryptocurrency.