Etiket: scammers
Ostend police round up gang of scammers
The Ostend police investigation department then started an investigation through which the structure of the gang could be mapped. This led to eleven house searches in Antwerp, Kalmthout, Steenokkerzeel and…
We tried a free tool that can blow up a scammer’s shop in seconds
In November, the security company F-Secure released a free tool that can be used to check, for example, the reliability of a lesser-known foreign online store. We tested what the…
Scammers wait on the phone for a specific word
former editorial director November 9, 2023, 11:31 a.m. | Reading time: 4 minutes Fraudsters call on smartphones or landlines and lie in wait. A TECHBOOK editor received a call like…
Two scammers arrested in the middle of the street with guns drawn
Two men were arrested on Raiffeisenstraat in Eindhoven on Friday afternoon by officers with weapons drawn. According to the police, these are ‘arrests in a Limburg fraud case’. Images show…
How to spot scammers on Ebay
By Natalie Wetzel | Sep 02, 2023 at 4:34 p.m There are numerous fraudsters on Ebay who want to steal sensitive data and rob users of their money. But with…
Huge deposit for room that doesn’t exist: “Have to say the scammers were pretty good”
Transfer hundreds of euros in deposit and rent for a room that does not exist or is already occupied. It happened to Master’s student Juraj from Slovakia, who found himself…
Conspiracy thinkers and ‘wappies’ with undermining criticism also turn out to be scammers | DVHN comments
Some of the conspiracy theorists and ‘wappies’ criticizing corona policy and the Ukraine war turn out to be common scammers. Hopefully their supporters will wake up one day. Prominent conspiracy…
Lost money to online scammers just like Shanna (28)? There is a way to get that money back, but banks are silent about it
Every 15 minutes someone in our country is scammed online. Behind that statistic are people like domestic helper Shanna (28) from West Flanders. She saw 25,000 euros of her hard-earned…
“I have nothing left… and I just wanted to start having children”: scammers steal Shanna (28) 25,000 euros
Lifelike New Born dolls are the great passion of Shanna Kimpe (28) from Varsenare. The woman has been collecting them for years and also regularly resells them. But last week…
This is how Spanish scammers lure Dutch tourists into a trap | Car
Spanish scammers have recently been using a trick where they deflate the tires of a car and empty the car as soon as the car stops at the roadside. The…