Category: extortion

July 27, 2020 Off

Chinese Students in Australia Are Faking Their Own Kidnappings. Here’s Why

Chinese students in Australia are being targeted in fake kidnapping phone scams, extorting families out of millions of dollars in…

August 2, 2019 Off

By Jelisa Castrodale

Last summer, cybersecurity experts started to investigate a new round of extortion letters in which scammers tried to convince their…

June 17, 2019 Off

By Joseph Cox

On Monday, Instagram announced it is testing changes that could make it easier for users to regain access to hacked…