Tag: email scam
Financial crime cops warn of fraudulent online ads
(CNS): Fraudulent advertisements on the internet have become a daily reality and most people are well aware of the dangers about giving out information to unknown entities offering untold riches. But the RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit is reminding local job hunters to be careful of scam ads being posted on a local classified online website. […]
Fraudulent email on election scandal circulating
(CNS): Officials are warning that an apparently salacious but totally fraudulent email that purports to be from Supervisor of Elections Wesley Howell is not coming from the Elections Office email servers and that anyone who recieves the email should not forward it or click on the links. The email claims that a candidate in the […]
Immigration warns customers of scam email
(CNS): A scam email circulating that purports to be from the Cayman Islands Department of Immigration is loaded with malware and will harm computers, government officials have warned. The phishing attempt has been going out to various clients with the immigration suggesting there has been a change in regulations, but the public is urged not […]
Scammers pose as financial cops in latest email scam
(CNS): The RCIPS is warning the public that an email purporting to be from the RCIPS Financial Crime Unit circulating Friday morning is a scam. The police warned anyone who has received the email that this is not legitimate, and the link in the email should not be clicked on. They said that originating email, […]
Employment scams con cash from job seekers
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit is warning of more employment scams targeting overseas job seekers. It appears that the fraudsters are using Cayman’s dependence on overseas recruitment to create a lucrative con. Police said they were aware of two new job scams that are circulating via email falsely claiming to be recruiting staff for […]
Cops issue more warnings over latest email scams
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit has issued another public warning regarding the emergence of more phishing scam emails that appear to be circulating among local email accounts. While most internet users are now very familiar with how to detect what is a real email and what isn’t, there are still many people who are […]
Scammers rob Cayman bank account
(CNS): A woman living in the UK has lost funds in her Cayman Islands bank account after she fell for an email scam. The RCIPS said the Financial Crimes Unit received a report about the client of a local bank who received an email purportedly from that bank stating that her account had been logged into from an unusual location […]
Banking scam emails on the rise
(CNS): The police are once again warning people to be careful about emails that refer to banking activity after more victims fell for online scams. The RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) said the public should be suspicious of any instructions received by email purporting to be from banking institutions or individuals known to them talking about personal or business banking issues. Â
Woman loses $50k in Nigerian email scam
(CNS): A woman has lost $50,000 after sending it to an online conman in Nigeria via a money transfer service, the police have said. Warning residents to be vigilant as there is very little the RCIPS can do to investigate, let alone apprehend, internet criminals based in the West African country, the Financial Crimes Unit […]
