fraud – EFRI

November 10, 2020

Hong Kong – a great place for scammers!

Amid the COVID-19 pandemics dozens of millions of people are locked down in their home office or must apply social distancing rules. Hence, their social..

October 23, 2020

Scammers and their bankers (Part I): PAYVISION, a huge Payment Service Provider for the scamming industry:

PAYVISION B.V., registered in Amsterdam, is a payment service provider founded in 2002 by Rudolf BOOKER and his partners to provide payment services for online..

August 4, 2020

Investor Alert: Please DO NOT download ANYDESK!

During the hearing of the witnesses in the Vienna Cybercrime Trials last week (please read more here on FinTelegram) it got evident how crucial for the fraud was the use of the remote software tool AnyDesk. More or less all Gal Barak`s victims told the judge that they were heavily pushed by the boiler room agents (i.e. the call center guys) to download this free-of-charge software tool thus enabling the fraudsters to remote access the PC of the victims and to purportedly "assist" them.

July 14, 2020

EFRI´s Wirecard Money laundering complaint

As the end of June 2020 Wirecard a DAX- listed Financial Service Company imploded. Wirecard has enabled fraudsters to receive and distribute illegal funds for..

July 5, 2020

Be aware of Recovery scams! Strictly avoid them!

The many investment scams out there show one very similar pattern: After the initial phase with huge wins and growing capital, the money is gone suddenly. While victims begin to realize that they have most likely lost their money they desperately try to find someone for help to get their money back, and very often they fall victim to the next fraud: recovery scams!

June 3, 2020

We launch the EFRI-Initiative NGO