Interpol Arrests Thousands in Crackdown on International Online Scams

[GoneFishin]

Interpol Arrests Thousands in Crackdown on International Online Scams

Americans lost $10 billion to fraud in 2023, with $1.4 billion worth starting on social media, according to the FTC

Interpol Arrests Thousands in Crackdown on International Online Scams

 

[Hackney]

In reality, there will be plenty of other scammers only too happy to fill any gaps created by these arrests.

 

[WhatInThe]

So my phone won't ring as much?

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I was getting emails saying I owed $687 for software on my PayPal account. I don't have a PayPal account. Got another of the same emails, now it's up to $946.
I'm getting a ritzier class of scammers.

 

[carouselsilver]

I've been getting emails claiming that I am being invoiced over 600 dollars from PayPal. I simply forward them to PayPal.

 

[jimintoronto]

INTERPOL cannot arrest anyone. It is a clearing house for international Police information. Individual nations can send information through the INTERPOL computer system, about persons they want to arrest. INTERPOL as NO ARREST POWERS AT ALL. READ THIS EXPLANATION...Linkhttps://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/11/22/what-is-interpol

JIMB.

 

[Paladin1950]

I hope they put that garbage behind bars for years to come. Let them rot in prison.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Good for them (Interpol)! And good for them....the scumbags who cheat people out of their hard earned cash. I hope each one of them gets to spend decades behind bars.