A fraud who posed as a priest collecting money for charity was remanded in custody pending sentencing after pleading guilty to defrauding a 90-year-old man of some €3,000 direct link – click here A fraud who posed as a priest collecting money for charity wept in the dock as he was remanded in custody pending…
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This is the eighth video that Ben Camille and ĠEMMA produced together. In this video Ben Camille and Xtrina discuss tips that you should follow vis-a-vis credit card use. Ben Camille and Xtrina bring up matters such as making sure that you only have the number of cards you truly need, that you never use…
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ĠEMMA in collaboration with HSBC Malta Foundation supports financial literacy sessions ĠEMMA together with The HSBC Malta Foundation and the Science Centre are delivering financial literacy sessions during Skolasajf. Taking place for the third consecutive year, a total of 12 sessions will be held in 6 centers over the summer of 2021. David Spiteri Gingell,…
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Fake websites are one of the largest types of online scams. But what do they do? Scammers set up fake retailer websites that look like genuine online retail stores. They may use sophisticated designs and layouts, possibly stolen logos, and a ‘.com’ of a major country domain. Many of these websites offer luxury items such…
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Do you know how to protect yourself against scams and fraud? Want to know more? Well today practically everybody and his / her dog has a smart phone. Given the many affordable Internet based subscriptions provided by mobile operators in Malta most people today use mobile phones not only to communicate but also to bank,…
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One of the core emerging competencies in financial capability is Digital Finance. As a core competency digital finance includes the use of digital financial tools such as e-banking or Internet banking as well as recognising and responding to scams and fraud. ĠEMMA in 2020 initiated the series of Little Black Book of Scams and Frauds. …
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Has this ever happened to you? You are browsing online when a pop-up ad appears on your screen warning you that your computer is infected with dozens of viruses. The ad says that you can remove them by buying antivirus software that will immediately eliminate them – and certain versions are designed to disable legitimate…
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This is the seventh video that Ben Camille and ĠEMMA produced together. In this video Ben Camille discusses his experience with scams and frauds and discusses measures that we all should follow to protect ourselves from being scammed. Amongst the matters which Ben Camille brings up is how to make sure you are not communicating…
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ĠEMMA on Thursday 29th July held its third Webinar on scams and fraud. A third Webinar was organised to generate further awareness and understanding of scams and fraud given that, one may say, that 2021 has, so far, been the year of scams and fraud in Malta. For the past month not a week goes by without…
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View our infographic and continue reading below! Once scammers get a victim’s money, they are far from done. They often need to move the money – and they are not going to do it themselves. That is where they employ the help of others – some knowingly, but many not: “money mules”. A “money mule”…
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