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🚨 INTERPOL Fraud Crackdown
Shows Global Scale of Online Scams🚨
A major INTERPOL operation involving 97 countries led to 5,811 arrests and the interception of USD $293 million linked to fraud and money laundering schemes.
The investigation targeted social engineering scams, including business email compromise, romance scams, investment fraud, and impersonation schemes that exploit trust to steal money or personal information.
Authorities identified more than 142,000 victims worldwide, underscoring how widespread these scams have become.
For consumers, the takeaway is clear: be cautious of unexpected financial requests, investment opportunities, and messages that create urgency or pressure.
And in Other News...
- Windows 11 Storage Alert: Hidden File Could Be Eating Up Your Space
If your Windows 11 PC seems to be running out of storage for no obvious reason, a Microsoft component called Capability Access Manager may be to blame.
This is related to a file, CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal, that can grow from just a few megabytes to hundreds of gigabytes on affected systems.
Microsoft has released a fix in the optional Windows 11 KB5095093 update, which improves disk space usage for the file.
Consumers experiencing unexplained storage loss should check for the update and review their storage usage to see if they are affected.
Go to System -> Windows Update.
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