He has warned about members of the online community who use fake accounts for criminal purposes to abuse or defraud people.

While the technology needed to spoof someone's number has existed for years, criminals have only recently begun using it to defraud people.

Police have arrested 52 people in Amsterdam in connection with an email scam designed to defraud people with phony "get-rich-quick" schemes.

Yahoo boys even impersonated a U.S. forces commander in Afghanistan to defraud people by asking for help in recovering the assets of deceased soldiers.

It runs in my mind that he was connected with some bogus medical institute which defrauded people through the mails.

Scammers have been defrauding people of hundreds of thousands of dollars by gaining access to the email accounts of legitimate businesses.

If a company is defrauding people there is a good chance consumers will post details of their experiences and warnings about the company.

The growing prevalence of bogus moneylending websites, aimed at defrauding people by demanding "advance fees", has led to gardaí issuing a warning over the practice.