Recent Reports
Callers posing as the IRS, Social Security, police or federal agents who threaten arrest unless you pay or 'protect' your money.
OnlineThreatAlerts (OTA) published a warning on 21 October 2026 about text messages that pretend to come from 'VDSS EBT' (the Virginia Department of Social Services benefits card). The samples it…
KTTN reported on 20 October 2026 that the Putnam County Sheriff's Office in Missouri is warning residents about scam calls in which callers impersonate law enforcement, court officials and a purported 'Surety Bond Aut…
Expats.cz reported on 20 October 2026 that the Czech National Bank (CNB) warned in a statement on Monday of fraudulent emails claiming to offer a joint CNB and government programme of 'investment vouchers' that would…
The Hong Kong Judiciary warned on 20 October 2026, following a further report from a member of the public, of phishing emails falsely claiming to be from the Registrar of the District Court with a fraudulent summons a…
Rappler published a fact check on 20 October 2026 rating as false a claim that all Philippine national ID holders, including non-4Ps beneficiaries, can receive P5,000 cash aid and a rice subsidy starting 20 October. R…
BaFin warned on 19 October 2026 that the 'Bafin Bundessonderförderprogramm, Klasse 4a, SEPA-Mietzahlungsverkehr' housing subsidy is fake. Fraudsters use it to collect personal and bank details and sometimes advance payments.
The CBI says it arrested K. Muhammed Fasal, accused of running a network that bought ATM cards from students and smuggled them to Dubai to cash out a Rs 1 crore fraud by fake FedEx officials and 'cyber police'. No conviction is reported.
Jaipur cyber police say they arrested a Maharashtra gym trainer accused of supplying mule accounts, via a Telegram channel called 'BRO PAY', to a gang behind a Rs 2.12 crore 'digital arrest' fraud. These are allegations; no conviction is reported.
Hyderabad police say they arrested two Ameerpet businessmen accused of moving money from a Rs 29.17 lakh 'digital arrest' scam in which callers posed as Delhi Police, CBI and ED officials. These are allegations; no conviction is reported.
Two Georgia inmates were sentenced to 200 and 120 months in federal prison for a scheme in which they posed as local police and demanded 'bond' payments from people told they had missed jury duty.
CERT-AGID warns of SMS messages claiming an unpaid Rome GRA traffic fine from the Polizia di Stato, linking to poliziadistato.info to collect personal and payment card data.
CERT Polska warns of emails impersonating Poland's tax authority (KAS) that claim JPK_VAT discrepancies and link to a fake webmail login page.
Saskatchewan RCMP warn that scam emails from carcmpgrca@gmail.com falsely claim recipients are under a cybercrime investigation and threaten arrest.
Malta's financial regulator, the MFSA, warns that mfsa.finance is a clone of its website using its name, logo and content. The real site is mfsa.mt.
Hong Kong's Judiciary warned of emails from spoofed @pt.lu addresses that falsely claim to come from the District Court Registrar and attach fake summonses; real summonses are never sent by email.
Pope County, Arkansas, deputies warn of calls from a fake "Lt. Brian Hill" at 470-908-2745 claiming a federal warrant and demanding 10% of the warrant amount by phone.
A user in Spain reported a text pretending to be from Spain's Social Security (INSS) offering €305.85 "pending to collect", linking to the fake site portalsilofgob.top.
CyberPulse flagged a second fake NCRP cyber crime portal, ncrp-cyber-incident-portal-dps97l520lcn.edgeone.dev, as government impersonation on October 13, 2026.
CyberPulse flagged a site on edgeone.dev impersonating India's National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) as likely phishing on October 13, 2026.