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New-generation scams to beware of: Calls emptying bank accounts overnight

Greek Police warn that phone and online fraud is growing more convincing, with fake accountants, AI-cloned voices and spoofed e-EFKA emails draining victims' accounts, urging people to hang up and verify independently before sharing details

Crete teenager jailed pending trial over ‘764’ network that blackmailed and abused children online

Greek cybercrime officers, working with US authorities, arrested two 17-year-olds as part of an investigation into the violent international network, which uses sextortion, psychological coercion and online harassment to target vulnerable kids

The Minecraft kids who stole $250 million in crypto – How a kidnapping attempt exposed an international cybercrime network

They drove supercars and threw parties costing hundreds of thousands of dollars - An off-duty FBI agent inadvertently witnessed the kidnapping attempt of an 18-year-old's parents, leading to the unraveling of this case

48-year-old arrested for illegal retransmission of subscription TV channels for a fee

The 48-year-old is said to have stolen hundreds of user authentication codes from subscription TV companies and illegally retransmitted content to servers managed by resellers