#Scammers

It feels like AI is coming for everybody's jobs, but especially for phone scammers. Thanks to the availability of consumer AI, anyone in any call center anywhere can throw up a decently convincing-sounding AI agent to fleece people out of their money with…

The MiCA Deadline Crypto Scam is turning Europe’s crypto shake-up into an opportunity for fraudsters. Here’s how the trap works and how to avoid it.

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Always has been. But for real, this month alone i got two emails from two different services saying their third-party service got unauthorized access to the customer database and all the info related got extracted.…

Use Google Circle to Search to analyze suspicious texts for scams. Long-press your home button to get AI insights on messages. See how it works.

Thousands of Walmart customers in the U.S. will be receiving refunds following a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging the international retailer failed to stop scammers from defrauding consumers.…

According to the data released by Truecaller, India is the fifth most spammed country in the world, with Indonesia leading the list.

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Navigating the Digital Minefield: The Most Common Instagram Marketplace Scams to Avoid This...

Scammers clone ZimaCube sites, offering deep discounts to trap homelab fans into fake purchases with no refunds or support.

Hotel payment scams are getting harder to spot because fraudsters may already know your real reservation details. Scammers impersonating hotel staff are demanding payment through Zelle, PayPal, Venmo or bank transfer — and the messages can look legitimate…

Scammers have tanked the online ratings of a Sydney removalist in an attempt to extort money.

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. As an asylum-seeker living in the U.S., Jasmir Urbina worried as she watched violence break out amid …

As scammers leverage AI, consumers can defend themselves by becoming familiar with common scams and being suspicious of unexpected calls.

From Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things: Scammers humiliated themselves for Kitboga's fake call center

r/slavelabour 6mo ago [deleted] [deleted by user] Best Open comment sort options Comments Section AutoModerator 6mo ago u/Ordinary_Island_7238, SCAMMERS WILL DM YOU WITHOUT BIDDING ON YOUR POST.…

Akamai threat researchers tracked continuous cyberattack and crypto-phishing campaigns that took advantage of cryptocurrency-based scams.

From Latest from Tom's Hardware: Crypto scam takes advantage of Strait of Hormuz crisis by taking fake payments, leading to two ships being fired upon — two vessels reportedly fell victim and paid fake 'Iranian authorities'

Two alleged scammers were taken down on body camera after a 75-year-old woman grew suspicious when a caller asked her to withdraw $25,000 from her bank account.