Cindy Tsai’s marriage was unraveling. Her gastric cancer had returned. So when a handsome young stranger named Jimmy messaged her on WhatsApp in October 2021, Tsai was grateful for the distraction. She would soon learn Jimmy wasn’t who he said he was. trib.al/sQiDz2Y

Jimmy was a savvy investor, according to photos he sent Tsai of his cryptocurrency returns. He pressed Tsai, 51, to invest, too. At first, Tsai demurred, but Jimmy persisted. She would go on to lose $2.5 million to a sophisticated type of romance scam. trib.al/sQiDz2Y

A 30-year-old Chinese American woman in Brooklyn lost $280,000 to scammers in a series of phony crypto investments in 2021. She said it wasn’t unusual for her to meet new friends online. Meanwhile, anti-Asian violence in New York had made her wary of leaving her apartment.

Twitter DM's should be end-to-end encrypted. Also, @Twitter please verify me. I can't prove I'm human, but there are now bots pretending to be me, I need to know if I'm the original or they are. It'd be nice for people I'm DM'ing with to know this as well, to help avoid scams.

FBI says fraud on LinkedIn a 'significant threat' to platform and consumers cnb.cx/3Qtr4WH

CNBC HELP! 🆘 Crypto scams are very prevalent on Instagram and the company’s Customer Service is basically non-responsive to multiple reports. This is my hacked account currently being used to scam people x.com/cnbc/status/15… FBI FBI New York FBI Washington Field FBI Washington Field FBI Records Vault

Our Red Alarm platform has flagged 50 projects as potential scams/rug pulls. Avoid them, stay #SAFU. cointelegraph.com/news/pandas-cy…

Converge is pleased to share that it co-led CYBERA's oversubscribed seed round with New North Ventures! We are thrilled to support Nicola Staub and the rest of the team as they build critical global solutions to prevent and respond to financial cybercrimes. #cybersecrurity

We haven't had the chance to fund many prosecutors turned startup founders at Founder Collective – Seed Stage Venture Capital, but Nicola Staub and the team at CYBERA are turning lessons from the courtroom into a scalable solution to cybercrime. #ProudInvestor cybera.io/insights/cyber…

sound familiar ? we can help with that…report it today - appint.cybera.io/en/complaint?s… #nfts #nft #nftart #nftcommunity #nftcollector #nftartist #digitalart #crypto #cryptoart #art #ethereum #opensea #nftcollectors #blockchain #nftdrop #nftcollectibles #cryptocurrency #bitcoin

what do you do when you're scammed in web 3.0 ? 🥷

A total of 42M worth of crypto assets, including 38M in USDC were stolen from my personal wallet ending in 894 in the early morning of November 10 EST. The stolen assets are personal funds and do not affect on Fenbushi related entities.

The incident has been reported to the local law enforcement. FBI and lawyers both have been involved. Civilization and justice will eventually prevail over barbarism and evil. This is the iron law of human society. It’s just a matter of time.

Scammers ‘targeting #neobank customers’ in the UK as #fraud rates soar via @siftedeu "Fraud complaints per million customers at neobanks: rises of 73% at Monzo, 470% at Revolut and 1019% at Starling over the three-year period." sifted.eu/articles/neoba…

Switzerland Sets the Stage for Instant Payments fintechnews.ch/sponsored/swit…

We were honored to have Claudio Staub represent CYBERA at dfv Euro Finance Group's EURO FINANCE WEEK in Frankfurt. It was an amazing event and great to connect with industry leaders. #efw22 #eurofinanceweek2022 #eurofinanceweek22

We are excited to announce a new #partnership with Insurance Solutions & Services, Inc. (ISSI) to provide victims of #cyber #scams the ability to easily report their scam and potentially recover their funds. cybera.io/insights/cyber… #cybercrime

A great article from Alex Bellos on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (Pets) and the important use cases they can help solve. theguardian.com/technology/202… #cryptography #privacy

'Pig Butchering' gone widespread: California warns of another 17 crypto scams financefeeds.com/pig-butchering… via FinanceFeeds

In 2022, #cybercrime and #scams continued to trend upward, and in 2023 we expect more of the same. In this new blog post we cover our 7 #fraud predictions for 2023. cybera.io/insights/7-fra…