Tag: text scam
Third man arrested in local bank text scam
(CNS) UPDATED: Police said, Tuesday, that they have now arrested a third man in relation to a local text message banking scam. The 19-year-old from George Town was arrested on suspicion of money laundering offenses. He has been bailed as the police continue investigations into the scam in which several local people have lost undisclosed […]
Bodden Town man arrested in bank text scam
(CNS): Police have arrested a 24-year-old man from Bodden Town following an investigation into a text message scam that targeted local banking customers, some of whom lost a significant amount of money. While online and phone scams are usually associated with international criminals, this appears to be the first homegrown con of this type. The […]
RCIPS warns about text and social media scams
(CNS) Police said two specific scams are currently targeting people in the Cayman Islands. One is a social media romance scam involving a fake persona called ‘Andrei Wolfman’, and the other is a text message bank scam that cons customers into thinking their accounts have been put on hold. Police are reminding people of the […]
