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Case archive · English edition 27 October 2026 · 3-minute read · Shahar Payne

Cases and insights

Documented cases and explanatory articles

Publicly sourced cases, investigative analysis and explainers about how fraud works. These texts distinguish reported facts, allegations and editorial interpretation. Search by title or topic to narrow the archive.

Suspected digital-identity fraud: using AI and stolen identities to open bank accounts

Identity theft · Cybercrime

"Your account has been hacked": the anatomy of bank impersonation

Social engineering · Identity theft · Israel

One step away from $2.9 million: the fraud that began with a land-authority letter

Identity theft

A NIS 1.2 million mortgage on their home, without a single signature

Identity theft

Your identity is worth a lot of money. The question is: to whom?

Identity theft · Social engineering

How fraudsters choose a victim, and why it is not always chance

The psychology of fraud

The fraudster does not break down the door. They get you to open it

Social engineering

In many scams, emotion comes before money

The psychology of fraud

The straw borrower: your signature, their loan

Financial fraud

Six reported deaths: lessons from an insurance-fraud case

Financial fraud · The psychology of fraud

Your loan is approved, just one small payment: the anatomy of an advance-fee loan scam

Social engineering · Financial fraud

The money taxi: the courier collecting the cash was booked through an app

Social engineering · Financial fraud

NIS 44 million raised using forged documents: the anatomy of a property-investment fraud

Financial fraud

The SIM swap: how a phone number became the key to a bank account

Identity theft · Cybercrime

The straw borrower: a loan in one name, the risk in another

Financial fraud

How to talk to a parent after a scam without damaging their trust

The money may already be gone. Your trust in each other does not have to go with it.

The Telegram trap: a date that led to extortion of more than half a million shekels

Social engineering · Cybercrime

A forged temporary licence, two loans and vehicle finance: an identity-fraud case from Texas

Identity theft

English translation: 27 October 2026. Spotted an error, an update or a new source? Suggest a correction or source.