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USA
New Jersey deli scammer James Patten sentencing document filed
Courtroom illustration of James Patten (left) and attorney Ira Sorkin at NJ District Court in Camden, NJ, October 11, 2022…
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Australia
Scam victim reveals devastating moment entire life savings disappear in 10-minute phone call with scammer
A fraud victim has shed light on a devastating new way scammers are targeting vulnerable Australians after losing her entire…
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UK
Family’s fury as US ‘scammer’ will arrive in Britain next week in bid to ‘prove’ she is toddler who vanished 45 years ago
An American woman who claims British toddler Katrice Lee is missing will arrive in the UK next week to ‘prove’…
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Australia
Elderly Sydney woman allegedly targeted by scammer claiming to be a roof repairman
An elderly woman in Sydney’s inner west narrowly avoided losing tens of thousands of dollars after a man allegedly tried…
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UK
Pensioner duped by fake ‘Brad Pitt’ scammer is tricked into handing over £90,000 then flying to US and spending three weeks alone in a hotel room waiting for him to show
A Swiss pensioner who believed she was romantically involved with Brad Pitt was deceived into handing over £90,000 and even…
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UK
Moment ‘Cryptoqueen’ scammer with £5bn Bitcoin stash arrested in bed | News
The “Crypto queen” fraudster who masterminded a scam that led to UK police seizing more than £5.5 billion in Bitcoin…
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UK
Qian Zhimin: How a billion pound bitcoin scammer escaped China on a moped
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UK
£5bn Bitcoin scammer behind UK’s largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure jailed
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UK
Jail for NHS scammer filmed modelling in body paint while claiming £3m in compensation
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