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Bodden Town man arrested in bank text scam

Bodden Town man arrested in bank text scam

| 19/11/2024

(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 […]

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RCIPS warns about text and social media scams

RCIPS warns about text and social media scams

| 12/11/2024 | 3 Comments

(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 […]

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