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The annual cost of cybercrime is expected to reach $10 trillion dollars next year. To put that figure into context, in terms of GDP it would be the third biggest economy in the world after the US and China. That’s why countries from Australia to China, the UK and US are racing to tighten up their cybersecurity laws – and why the UN is expected to pass a landmark cyber treaty in the next few weeks. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. From deep-fakes and disinformation to hacks and attacks on...

The well-dressed con man has been targeting his victims in various big box-store parking lots throughout San Jose. Well-spoken with an African accent, the swindler tells his victim he is lost and needs help. Soon the con artist is flashing wads of cash and telling a grand story about inheriting millions of dollars from an uncle who wanted to leave a large portion to the church. First he must find two honest men to help hand out the donations. Of course, they'll need to provide a large sum of cash as an act of good faith. In just a few...

From sandrambame | 02/27/2007 6:10:17 PM EST new Greetings , I am mrs Sandra Mbame from Botswana. I am married to Dr.Joseph Mbame who worked with Botswana embassy in Leshoto for nine years before he died. We were married for eighteen years with a child.My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $4.865,000,00(Four million Eight hundred and sixty five thousand U.S.Dollars) in a security company in Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire.The money...