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A user received repeated suspicious bank texts and asked whether they indicated identity theft. Respondents advised against replying or calling any number in the message, because doing so can confirm an active target and lead to a follow-up scam call. The recommended response is to open the official...

Pakistan’s cybercrime agency raided an alleged illegal call centre in Rawalpindi and arrested 61 people. The operation highlights organised phone-based fraud and the use of financial impersonation to obtain information or payments. Victims are advised to report suspicious calls promptly to banks, networks...

Police in Sammamish urged residents to hang up on unknown callers claiming to represent banks or financial institutions. Reports described criminals asking people to wire money; once transferred, the funds are often impossible to recover. Families were asked to warn relatives who may be especially vulnerable.

Pakistan’s cybercrime agency arrested more than 70 people in raids on two Karachi call centres accused of targeting US residents. Operators allegedly posed as authorised financial representatives, offered credit cards or low-interest services and collected identity, phone, banking and card information.

A reported phone-fraud technique abuses NFC and social engineering to obtain remote access to payment-card functions. Related attacks begin with messages, links or QR codes and may also target WhatsApp accounts. The victim is guided through technical steps while believing that an account or card is being...

PixSim is an open-source simulator of fraud, recovery and interdiction on Brazil’s Pix instant-payment network. The model uses published central-bank data and represents limits on analyst capacity. It is designed to test how detection, reporting and intervention policies affect losses and recovery after...

Nationwide research found that one in five people had shared personal information with financial scammers. In the previous year, 22% received a fraudulent phone call, while many others received texts or emails impersonating their bank. Fourteen percent lacked confidence that they could recognise a bank...

Fraudsters used artificial intelligence to impersonate senior executives and stole about €95 million from Fideuram, the private-banking arm of Intesa Sanpaolo. Messages were reinforced by a phone call that appeared to come from a senior partner at a prominent law firm, making the fraudulent instruction...