The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arraigned a former director of Physical Planning, Pius Ezeokafor, in the department of architecture, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, in Anambra State, for alleged fraud and false pretence and gratification to the tune of N27 million. In a statement signed by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwajuren on Tuesday, the…...
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Scam text messages claiming to be from crucial government services will be blocked on Telstra's network under a new pilot program.The telecommunications giant will work with the federal government's Australian Cyber Security Centre and Services Australia to stamp out dodgy texts.Messages purporting to be from Centrelink or MyGov with malicious links or requests for personal…...
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Kentucky officials said on Tuesday that two election scams are actively targeting voters with fewer than 50 days to go until the 2020 presidential election, but one nonprofit accused of perpetrating a scam has denied the officials' allegations.Kentucky's Secretary of State Michael Adams and Attorney General Daniel Cameron warned voters of the scams in a…...
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Author of the article:Publishing date:Sep 15, 2020 • • 1 minute readA Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Quebec provincial police have made several arrests linked to an alleged romance scam that targeted elderly people online. Photo by Paul Chiasson /THE CANADIAN PRESSArticle contentMONTREAL — Quebec provincial…...
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Netflix released the documentary The Social Dilemma this month.The movie details just how insidious the effects of social media have become.While we’ve been on phones, screaming at people like Ellen DeGeneres, we should be more focused on people like Mark Zuckerberg.The Social Dilemma might be this year’s most important documentary. It’s more revelatory than The…...
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The five largest stocks in the S&P 500 could be replaced as market leaders.Goldman used the Rule of 10 criteria to identify 21 stocks that could beat the market.Salesforce, Paypal, and Netflix are among those top stocks.Five mega-cap stocks have led the U.S. stock market rally–Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet (FAAMG stocks). They currently…...
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo was announced the 2019-20 NBA Most Valuable Player on Friday.LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers was a distant second in the MVP voting, garnering just 16 first-place votes.James later confessed to being “pissed off” when he saw that so few voters had made him their top choice.Giannis Antetokounmpo of…...
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The world is laughing at Kanye West as he rants on social media, but they fail to see one thing: he’s been right all along. September 19, 2020 Date published: 2020-09-19T18:00:30+00:00 Kanye West needs to get his own house in order before he, rightfully, addresses others. | Source: AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill FileKanye West has…...
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Cloud gaming could be one of the biggest winners of the 5G revolution.Game makers, chipmakers, and carriers all stand to benefit.T, NVDA, AMD, and EA look like the best 5G stocks to buy.While coronavirus and the upcoming presidential elections have commanded investors’ attention lately, the rollout of 5G across the country could be another significant…...
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