Sakawa boys: Meet Ghana’s online romance scammers
Poverty and unemployment are driving Ghana’s youth into the dark underbelly of identity theft and romance scams. BUKOLA ADEBAYO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Cyber crime: Asian tech workers held captive in scam factories
ANURADHA NAGARAJ and NANCHANOK WONGSAMUTH, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how tech-savvy Asians are being lured with fake job adverts and then forced to defraud strangers through crypto and romance scams…
Helpdesk: Five big trends in Australians getting scammed
PAUL HASKELL-DOWLAND, professor of cyber-security practice at Australia’s Edith Cowan University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the latest scam trends – and provides some tips on how to avoid them…
Helpdesk: Shopping online to stay safe during the pandemic? Here are 10 tips for avoiding scams
In an article first published on The Conversation, H COLLEEN SINCLAIR, associate professor of social psychology at Mississippi State University, gives some tips for staying safe when shopping online…